The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#189

189. What is the chaff, the word of man

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 heavenly 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
When makes this pearl his own.

Text Information

• First Line: What is the chaff, the word of man
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Worship: Holy Scriptures

Tune Information

• Name: BLISS
• Composer: F. E. Belden
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #201, 227, or 183.