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Text:Book of Books, our people's strength
Author:Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Tune:LIEBSTER JESU (DESSAU)
Composer:Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673
Harmonizer:Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750

264. Book of Books, our people's strength

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 you,
all the best we have we owe you.

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 His Word, and showed His glory.

3 Praise we God, who has inspired
those whose wisdom still directs us;
praise Him for the Word made flesh,
for the Sprit who protects us,
light of knowledge, ever burning,
shed on us your 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: 2004
Topic: The Temple: Bible
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LIEBSTER JESU (DESSAU)
Composer: Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 78 78 88
Key: G Major



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