Text: | Back to the Bible |
Author: | Benjamin Baylus McKinney, 1886-1952 |
Tune: | BACK TO BETHEL |
Composer: | Benjamin Baylus McKinney |
1 Back to the Bible, the true Living Word,
Sweetest old story that ever was heard;
Back to the joy-life my soul longs to know,
Bethel is calling, and I must go.
Chorus:
Back to Bethel I must go,
Back where the rivers of sweet waters flow,
Back to the true life my soul longs to know,
Bethel is calling, and I must go.
2 Back to the beautiful path I once trod,
Back to the church and the people of God.
Out of the cold world of sin and its woe,
Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus]
3 Back to the giving of money and time,
Back to the life of contentment sublime,
Back to protection the world cannot know,
Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus]
4 Back to the prayer-life in Christ I once knew,
Back to its beautiful life-cleansing dew,
Back to help others to conquer each foe,
Bethel is calling, and I must go. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Back to the Bible, the true Living Word |
Title: | Back to the Bible |
Author: | Benjamin Baylus McKinney, 1886-1952 |
Refrain First Line: | Back to Bethel I must go |
Meter: | 10.10.10.9. with Ref. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; The Church: Travail and Renewal |
Copyright: | © Copyright 1924 by Robert H. Coleman. Renewal 1959, Broadman Press. Used by permission. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord … And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. II Kings 22:8, 11. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BACK TO BETHEL |
Composer: | Benjamin Baylus McKinney |
Meter: | 10.10.10.9. with Ref. |
Incipit: | 31353 56465 34565 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | © Copyright 1924 by Robert H. Coleman. Renewal 1959, Broadman Press. Used by permission. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. M.M. 80 |