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Text:Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[O Book, that with reverence I honor]
Composer:Hubert Platt Main
Media:MIDI file

7970. Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart

1 O Book, that with reverence I honor,
What joy in thy pages I see!
O Book of my childhood devotion,
More precious than rubies to me.

Refrain:
Thy law have I hid in my heart,
My boast and my glory thou art;
O Book that my fathers have trusted,
Thy law have I hid in my heart!

2 O Book, that, inspired, is my refuge,
My comfort by night and by day;
Whose precepts have led me to Jesus,
And taught me to watch and to pray. [Refrain]

3 O Book, that is firm and abiding,
Whose truth is the light of my soul;
Whose counsel is ever before me
When waves of adversity roll. [Refrain]

4 O Book, where my Savior revealeth
His wonderful promise divine,
That if unto death I am faithful,
A crown at His hand will be mine. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O Book, that with reverence I honor
Title: Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1912)
Refrain First Line: Thy law have I hid in my hear
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [O Book, that with reverence I honor]
Composer: Hubert Platt Main
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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