Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: How painfully pleasing the fond recollection
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 12s and 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 454
Page Number: 501, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW painfully pleasing the fond recollection
Of youthful connections and innocent joy,
When bless'd with parental advice and affection,
Surrounded with mercies-with peace from on high!
I still view the chairs of my father and mother,
The seats of their offspring as rang'd on each hand;
And that richest of books, which excell'd ev'ry other,
The Family Bible that lay on the stand:
The old-fashion'd Bible, the dear, blessed Bible,
The Family Bible that lay on the stand.
That Bible, the volume of God's inspiration,
At morn and at ev'ning could yield us delight;
And the pray'r of our sire was a sweet invocation
For mercy by day and for safety thro' night:
Our hymn of thanksgiving with harmony swelling,
All warm from the heart of the family band,
Has rais'd us from earth to that rapturous dwelling
Describ'd in the Bible that lay on the stand:
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear blessed Bible,
The Family Bible that lay on the stand.
Ye scenes of tranquility, long have we parted,
My hopes almost gone, and my parents no more,
In sorrow and sadness I live broken-hearted,
And wander unknown on a far-distant shore;
Yet how can I doubt a dear Saviour's protection,
Forgetful of gifts from his bountiful hand!
O let me with patience receive his correction,
And think of the Bible that lay on the stand;
The old-fashion'd Bible, the dear, blessed Bible,
The Family Bible that lay on the stand.