The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16358

16358. My Mother's Old Bible Is True

1 My mother’s old Bi­ble, her trea­sure di­vine,
So dear to her heart, and so pre­cious to mine,
Each day grow­ing sweet­er, more fade­less and new,
My mo­ther’s old Bi­ble, so pre­cious and true.

Refrain:
My mo­ther’s old Bi­ble is true
My mo­ther’s old Bi­ble is true
My guide to the shore where I’ll meet her once more,
My mother’s old Bi­ble is true

2 My mo­ther’s old Bible, God’s mes­sage of love,
That guid­ed her safe­ly to Hea­ven above,
Is lead­ing me on­ward and up­ward to God,
In paths that my Sav­ior be­fore me has trod. [Refrain]

3 It tells of a Sav­ior who suf­fered for me,
Who for my trans­gress­ions was nailed to a tree;
It tells how He con­quered death, hell, and the grave,
And now at God’s right hand has pow­er to save. [Refrain]

4 "This pre­cious old Bi­ble," she told me one day,
"Is God’s ho­ly Word, and will not pass away;
’Twill com­fort, sus­tain you and shield from the blast,
This pre­cious old Bi­ble will tri­umph at last." [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My mother’s old Bi­ble, her trea­sure di­vine
• Title: My Mother's Old Bible Is True
• Author: Dock McKinley Shanks (1928)
• Refrain First Line: My mo­ther’s old Bi­ble is true
• Language: English
• Source: Great Gospel Songs by Haldor Lillenas (Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House, 1929)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [My mother’s old Bi­ble, her trea­sure di­vine]
• Composer: Dock McKinley Shanks
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain