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Text:The Bible, the Bible, more Precious than Gold
Author:Anonymous
Tune:VÅR BIBEL, VÅR BIBEL
Composer:Israel Sandström

E170. The Bible, the Bible, more Precious than Gold

1 The Bible! the Bible! more precious than gold,
The hopes and the glories its pages unfold!
It speaks of a Saviour, and tells of His love;
It shows us the way to the mansions above.

2 The Bible! the Bible! blest volume of truth,
How sweetly it smiles on the season of youth!
It bids us seek early the pearl of great price,
Ere th'heart is enslaved in the bondage of vice.

3 The Bible! the Bible! we hail it with joy;
Its truths and its glories our tongues shall employ;
We'll sing of its triumphs, we'll tell of its worth,
And send its glad tidings afar o'er the earth.

Text Information
First Line: The Bible! the Bible! more precious than gold
Title: The Bible, the Bible, more Precious than Gold
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 11 11, 11 11.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1913
Topic: Bible
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: VÅR BIBEL, VÅR BIBEL
Composer: Israel Sandström
Meter: 11 11, 11 11.
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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