2599. How Precious Is the Book Divine

1. How precious is the book divine,
By inspiration giv’n;
Bright as a lamp its pages shine
To guide our souls to Heav’n.
Its light descending from above,
Our gloomy world to cheer,
Displays a Savior’s boundless love,
And brings His glories near.

Refrain
Oh precious book of light and life
Thou source of truth and love,
In Thee we view God’s matchless grace,
And all His goodness prove,
Oh precious book whose light e’er shines
With bright and cheering ray,
To guide our souls until the dawn
Of the eternal day.

2. It shows to man his wand’ring ways,
And where his feet have trod;
And brings to view the matchless grace
Of a forgiving God.
O’er all the straight and narrow way
Its radiant beams are cast;
A light whose never weary ray
Grows brightest at the last. [Refrain]

3. It sweetly cheers our fainting hearts
In this dark vale of tears;
Life, light and joy it still imparts,
And quells our rising fears.
This lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our way,
Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: How precious is the book divine
Title: How Precious Is the Book Divine
Author: John Fawcett (1782)
Refrain First Line: Oh precious book of light and life
Language: English
Source: Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion (Leeds, England: G. Wright & Son, 1782)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: WALDER, Johann J. Walder, 1788
Tune Information
Name: WALDER
Composer: Fred C. Pullin
Incipit: 55323 21555 66666
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903)
Copyright: Public Domain



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