Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How precious is the book divine
Topic: Scriptures
Writer: J Fawcett
Composer: William Croft
Meter: CM
Tune: St Anns
Hymn Number: 36
Page Number: 014, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow precious is the book divine,
By inspiration given!
Bright as a lamp its precepts shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.
It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts
In this dark vale of tears;
Life, light, and joy, it still imparts,
And quells our rising fears.
This lamp, through all the tedious night,
Of life, shall guide our way,
Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day.