Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: How painfully pleasing the fond recollection
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 12s and 11s
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Hymn Number: Hymn 217 (part II)
Page Number: 185 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW painfully pleasing the fond recollection,
Of youthful connexions, 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 excelled every other,
The family Bible, which lay on the stand:
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear blessed Bible,
The family Bible, which lay on the stand.
That Bible, the volume of God's inspiration,
At morn and at evening, could yield us delight,
And the prayer 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 hearts of the family band,
Half rais'd us from earth to that rapturous dwelling,
Described in the Bible that lay on the stand:
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear blessed Bible,
The family Bible, which 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-fashioned Bible, the dear blessed Bible,
The family Bible, that lay on the stand.