The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4569

4569. No Book Is Like the Bible

1. No book is like the Bible,
For childhood, youth and age;
Our duty, plain and simple,
We find on every page.
It came by inspiration,
A light to guide our way,
A voice from Him who gave it,
Reproving when we stray.

Refrain
No book is like the Bible,
The blessèd book we love,
The pilgrim’s chart of glory,
It leads to God above.

2. It tells of man’s creation,
His sad, primeval fall;
It tells of man’s redemption,
Through Christ, who died for all;
In sacred words of wisdom
It bids us watch and pray,
And early come to Jesus,
The Life, the Truth, the Way. [Refrain]

3. O, let us love the Bible,
And praise it more and more;
Our life is like a shadow,
Our days will soon be o’er;
But if we closely follow
The counsel God has giv’n,
We then may hope with angels
To sing His praise in Heav’n. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: No book is like the Bible
• Title: No Book Is Like the Bible
• Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1879)
• Refrain First Line: No book is like the Bible
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Gospel Praise Book, by Asa Hull (New York: D. W. Knowles, 1879), number 82
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: WE ARE GOING, William B. Bradbury, 1864

Tune Information

• Name: HULL
• Composer: Asa Hull
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Incipit: 33343 32222 13213
• Key: E Major
• Source: Gospel Praise Book (New York: D. W. Knowles, 1879), number 82
• Copyright: Public Domain