Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: What glory gilds the sacred page
Topic: Scriptures
Writer: William Cowper
Composer: William Mather
Meter: CM
Tune: Medfield
Hymn Number: 39
Page Number: 015, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHAT glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic, like the sun!
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.
The band that gave it still supplies
His gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.
Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display
As makes the world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
My soul rejoices to pursue
The paths of truth and love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.