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Text:A glory gilds the sacred page
Author:Wm. Cowper
Tune:ORTONVILLE
Composer:Thomas Hastings

180. A glory gilds the sacred page

1 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;
It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.

2 The Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

3 The hand that gave it, still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,
They rise, but never set.

4 Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display;
It makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

Text Information
First Line: A glory gilds the sacred page
Author: Wm. Cowper
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Worship: Holy Scriptures
Tune Information
Name: ORTONVILLE
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: C.M.
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #227, 201, or 546.



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