Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: How painfully pleasing and fond recollection
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Hale
Tune: The Old-Fashioned Bible
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 223, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow painfully pleasing the fond recollection
Of youthful connections and innocent joy;
When blest 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 ranged on each hand;
And that richest of books which excels ev'ry other,
The Family Bible, that lay on the stand.
CHORUS
The old-fashion'd Bible,
The dear, blessed Bible,
The Family Bible, that lay on the stand.