Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: What glory gilds the sacred page
Topic: The Holy Scriptures
Writer: <no first name given> Cowper
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 11
Page Number: 010, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhat glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun!
I gives a light to ev'ry age --
It gives, but borrows none.
The hand that gave it still supplies
His gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise --
They raise, but never set.
Let everlasting thanks be thine
For such a bright display,
As makes the world of darkness shine
With beams of heav'nly day.
My soul rejoices to pursue
The paths of truth and love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.