The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10560

10560. I Love The Holy Bible

1 I love the Holy Bible,
Because therein I see
How Jesus came from glory
To show the way to me;
Oh, how could I have heard His call,
Or else have found the way at all?
The Bible, the Bible!
My treasure and my guide.

2 I trust the Holy Bible,
It is my Father’s word,
Wherein are songs of gladness
That carol like a bird;
I often falter, this I know,
But oh, I love the Bible so;
The Bible, the Bible!
My treasure and my guide.

3 I read the Holy Bible,
And take it for my guide;
And in its blest assurance,
Securely I will hide;
O, that the whole wide world might know,
Whence all our joys and comforts flow;
The Bible, the Bible!
My treasure and my guide.

Text Information

• First Line: I love the Holy Bible
• Title: I Love The Holy Bible
• Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1896)
• Language: English
• Source: Uplifting Songs, New and Old, by Charles C. Case & James R. Murray (Cincinnati: John Church Company, 1896)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Martha C. Oliver, one of Crosby's pseudonyms

Tune Information

• Name: [I love the Holy Bible]
• Composer: James Ramsey Murray
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain