The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8476

8476. I Love That Holy Scripture

1 I love that Holy Scripture,
Where I am truly told
About the heav’nly city,
With walls of precious gold.

2 About the shining river
That goeth through the street—
The boughs of life above it,
With fruit and blossoms sweet.

3 This world is sometimes happy,
With pleasant things I love;
But it must be far, far better
To dwell in Heav’n above.

4 Not that the walls are golden,
The gates are always bright;
Not that the river poureth
Through every street its light.

5 Not that a pleasant music
From golden harps is stirred,
And every sound is sweeter,
Than ear hath ever heard.

6 But there shall never enter
The dark, rude thoughts of sin,
That here are always watching
To come the heart within.

7 And there we shall not find it
So very hard to be
Gentle and true and patient,
For we the Lord shall see.

8 And so we shall grow like Him,
All holy things to love;
O! it must be far, far better
To dwell in Heav’n above!

Text Information

• First Line: I love that Holy Scripture
• Title: I Love That Holy Scripture
• Author: Helen Taylor
• Meter: 76.76
• Language: English
• Source: The School Hymnal by William Rawson Stevenson (London: E. Marlborough, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: AULÉ
• Arranger: Elias Henry Johnson (1883)
• Meter: 76.76
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: The Baptist Hymnal by W. Howard Doane and Elias H. Johnson (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1883)
• Copyright: Public Domain