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Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Take the dear old Bible with you Refrain First Line: Precious book, sacred book Lyrics: 1 Take the dear old Bible with you, Men of toil, where’er you go. It will strength and comfort give you; Read its truth and you shall know. Refrain: Precious book, sacred book, Word of God, And Guide to heaven. 2 Take the dear, old Bible with you, As a shield from every snare. When dark clouds begin to gather, Read this book, then bow in prayer. [Refrain] 3 How the Precious Story thrills us, How it lightens every care. With this Manna daily feed us, With thy yoke our burdens share. [Refrain]

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[Take the dear old Bible with you]

Appears in 349 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 51321 21561 76165 Used With Text: Take the Bible with You

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Take the Bible with You

Hymnal: Crowns of Rejoicing #108b (1913) First Line: Take the dear old Bible with you Refrain First Line: Precious book, sacred book Languages: English Tune Title: [Take the dear old Bible with you]

Take the Bible with You

Hymnal: The King of Glory #157b (1918) First Line: Take the dear old Bible with you Refrain First Line: Precious book, sacred book Lyrics: 1 Take the dear old Bible with you, Men of toil, where’er you go. It will strength and comfort give you; Read its truth and you shall know. Refrain: Precious book, sacred book, Word of God, And Guide to heaven. 2 Take the dear, old Bible with you, As a shield from every snare. When dark clouds begin to gather, Read this book, then bow in prayer. [Refrain] 3 How the Precious Story thrills us, How it lightens every care. With this Manna daily feed us, With thy yoke our burdens share. [Refrain]

Take the Bible with You

Hymnal: Calvary's Praises #157b (1917) First Line: Take the dear old Bible with you Refrain First Line: Precious book, sacred book Languages: English

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W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Composer of "[Take the dear old Bible with you]" in Crowns of Rejoicing An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)