4417 | The Cyber Hymnal#4418 | 4419 |
Text: | My Grandfather's Bible |
Author: | Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 |
Tune: | CONSTANCE (Sullivan) |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. The Sabbath day—sweet day of rest—
Was drawing to a close;
The summer breeze went murmuring by,
To lull me to repose;
I took my father’s Bible down—
His father’s gift to him—
A treasure rare, beyond compare,
Though soiled the page, and dim.
2. Old friend, I said, if thou couldst tell,
What would thy memories be?
And from the Book there seemed to come
This evening reverie:
“Good will to men, Peace be to thee!
My mission aye hath been,
To tell the love of Him who died
To save a world from sin.
3. “A hundred years ago I sailed,
With those who sail no more,
Through perils dread; by land and sea,
I reached New England’s shore;
There, on a soul-worn, faithful band
This soothing psalm did fall:
Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place,
In generations all.
4. “Year after year, in temples rude,
Upon the desk I lay,
To teach of Him, the great High Priest;
The Life, the Truth, the Way.
And multitudes who listened there
To God’s life-giving word,
Are resting from their labors now,
‘For ever with the Lord.’
5. “Anon a lowly home I found,
But love and peace were there…
The children with the father read,
And knelt with him in prayer;
And through the valley, as one passed,
I heard her sweetly sing:
‘O Grave, where is thy victory?
O Death, where is thy sting?’
6. Hold fast the faith, the old Book said;
Thy father’s God adore…;
And on the Rock of Ages rest
The soul forever more.
Amen, said I, by grace I will,
Till at His feet we fall,
And join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The Sabbath day--sweet day of rest-- |
Title: | My Grandfather's Bible |
Author: | Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 |
Meter: | 87.87 D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: FRIEND, George C. Stebbins, 1878 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CONSTANCE (Sullivan) |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1875) |
Meter: | 87.87 D |
Incipit: | 33342 56543 34221 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |