Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Blessed Bible how I love it
Topic: Scriptures
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: A Fillmore
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Blessed Bible
Hymn Number: 635
Page Number: 247, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLESS-ED Bible, how I love it!
How it doth my bosom cheer!
What hath earth like this to covet?
O what stores of wealth are here!
Man was lost, and doomed to sorrow;
Not one ray of light or bliss
Could he from earth's treasures borrow,
Till his way was cheered by this.
Yes, I'll to my bosom press thee;
Precious Word, I'll hide thee here;
Sure my very heart will bless thee,
For thou ever say'st "Good cheer!"
Speak, my heart, and tell thy ponderings,
Tell how far thy rovings led,
When this book brought back thy wanderings,
Speaking life as from the dead.
Yes, sweet Bible, I will hid thee,
Hide thee, richly in this heart;
Thou, through all my life, wilt guide me,
And in death we will not part.
Part in death! no, never, never!
Through death's vale I'll lean on thee;
Then in worlds above, forever,
Sweeter still thy truths shall be.