Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Precious Bible what a treasure
Topic: The Holy Scriptures
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 8 7 8 7 7 7
Tune: Harwell
Hymn Number: 13
Page Number: 009, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPrecious Bible! what a treasure
Does the word of God afford!
All I want for life or pleasure,
Food and med'cine, shield and sword:
Let the world account me poor,
Having this I need no more.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
Food to which the world's a stranger,
Here my hungry soul enjoys;
Of excess there is no danger--
Though it fills, it never cloys:
On a dying Christ I feed;
He is meat and drink, indeed!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
In the hour of dark temptation,
Satan can not make me yield;
For the word of consolation
Is to me a mighty shield:
While the Scripture truths are sure,
From his malice I'm secure.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.