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| Text: | Book of books, our people's strength |
| Author: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
| Tune: | LIEBSTER JESU |
| Composer (melody): | Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673 |
| Harmonizer: | George Herbert Palmer, 1846-1926 |
1 Book of books, our people's strength,
statesman's, teacher's, hero's treasure,
bringing freedom, spreading truth,
shedding light that none can measure:
wisdom comes to those who know thee,
all the best we have we owe thee.
2 Thank we those who toiled in thought,
many diverse scrolls completing,
poets, prophets, scholars, saints,
each a word from God repeating;
till they came, who told the story
of the Word, and showed his glory.
3 Praise we God, who hath inspired
those whose wisdom still directs us;
praise him for the Word made flesh,
for the Sprit which protects us.
Light of knowledge, ever burning,
shed on us thy deathless learning.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Book of books, our people's strength |
| Author: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
| Meter: | 78. 78. 88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Topic: | Holy Scripture |
| Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | LIEBSTER JESU |
| Composer (melody): | Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673 |
| Harmonizer: | George Herbert Palmer, 1846-1926 |
| Meter: | 78. 78. 88 |
| Key: | G Major |
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