We'll Not Give Up the Bible

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1 We'll not give up the Bible,
God's holy book of truth,
The blessed staff of hoary ago,
The guide of early youth,
The sun that sheds a glorious light,
O'er ev'ry dreary road,
The voice that speaks a Saviour's love,
And calls us home to God,
The voice that speaks a Saviour's love,
And calls us home to God.

2 We'll not give up the Bible,
For pleasure or for pain,
We'll buy the truth and sell it not,
For all that we might gain,
Though man should try to take our prize
By guile or cruel might,
We'll suffer all that man can do,
And God defend the right.
We'll suffer all that man can do,
And God defend the right.

3 We'll not give up the Bible,
But spread it far and wide,
Until its saving voice be heard,
Beyond the rolling tide,
Till all shall know his gracious power,
And with one voice and heart,
Resolved that from God's sacred word,
We'll never, never part.
Resolved that from God's sacred word,
We'll never, never part.

Source: The Little Sower for Sabbath Schools #41

Author: Anonymous

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Text Information

First Line: We'll not give up the Bible
Title: We'll Not Give Up the Bible
Author: Anonymous
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We'll not give up the Bible
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WIR PFLÜGEN

WIR PFLÜGEN (named after the incipit of Schulz’s original third stanza) was published anonymously in the Hanover collection Lieder für Volksschulen (1800). But it was credited to Johann A. P. Schulz in Lindner’s Berlin songbook Jungenfreund (1812). The harmonization by John B. Dykes (PHH 147)…

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[We'll not give up the Bible] (Hull)


[We'll not give up the Bible] (Rosecrans)


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Instances

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a130

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa130

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #3

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S34

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Linden Harp #75

Mission Songs #127

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Sabbath Songs #112

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Songs of Praise and Delight #190

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #130

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #962

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The Little Sower for Sabbath Schools #41

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #155

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