Christ in Song ‎#809

809. What Is the Chaff?

1. What is the chaff, the word of man,
When set against the wheat?
Can it a dying soul sustain
Like that immortal meat?

2. Thy word, O God, with heav'nly bread
Thy children doth supply;
And those who by thy word are fed,
Their souls shall never die.

3. 'Tis like a field where hidden lies
The pearl of price unknown,
And he indeed is truly wise
Who makes this pearl his own.

Text Information

• First Line: What is the chaff, the word of man
• Title: What Is the Chaff?
• Author: I. Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: God: God's Word

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Este's Psalter