Timeless Truths ‎#299

299. Precious Bible

1 O precious Bible! burning words from heaven,
We’ll ever cherish thee in our heart;
Sweet is the counsel by thy pages given:
On life’s dark ocean, our only chart.

Refrain:
Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible!
Joyful tidings from our home;
Thou art the rock of everlasting ages;
Hope of eternal bliss at heaven’s throne.

2 O precious volume! only in thy pages
We read the duty of all our race;
Only thy sunbeams, shining through the ages,
Reveal the wonders of saving grace. [Refrain]

3 This book of heaven shall endure forever;
And from its wisdom we’ll never turn;
Weighed in its balance, all the creeds that sever
Are only stubble, ere long to burn. [Refrain]

4 Dear book of mercy, on thy sure foundation
We build a dwelling-place for our soul;
Hearing and doing all thy revelation,
It stands unshaken, though billows roll. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O precious Bible! burning words from heaven
• Title: Precious Bible
• Author: Daniel S. Warner (1893)
• Refrain First Line: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible!
• Meter: 11.9.11.10.8.7.11.10
• Scripture:
  2 Timothy 3:16
• Topic: Bible/Word
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Precious_Bible); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (111); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (333); The Gospel Trumpet Company,

Tune Information

• Name: [O precious Bible! burning words from heaven]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1893)
• Meter: 11.9.11.10.8.7.11.10
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Precious_Bible); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (111); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (333); The Gospel Trumpet Company,