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O Changeless Word
Author: Julia Harriet Johnston, 1849-1919 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O changeless Word of life and light Refrain First Line: Precious Bible, precious Bible Lyrics: 1. O changeless Word of life and light,
A perfect rule to guide me,
I take thy counsels, trust thy truth,
And in my heart I hide thee.
Refrain
Precious Bible, precious Bible,
Book by inspiration given;
Precious Bible, precious Bible,
Light to guide our souls to Heav’n!
2. Thou Book divine, thy pages shine
With Heav’n’s unfading glory;
Thou dost reveal to mortals here
The great redemption story. [Refrain]
3. Here law and love and wisdom stand
Revealed through bygone ages,
And children read a message sweet
Upon thy simple pages. [Refrain]
4. Untouched by time, or men’s assaults,
This Word remains unshaken,
And those who build upon this rock
Will never be forsaken. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O changeless Word of life and light]
O Changeless Word
[O changeless Word of life and light]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel Brink Towner Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13556 53536 54332 Used With Text: O Changeless Word
[O changeless Word of life and light]
O Changeless Word
Author: Julia Harriet Johnston, 1849-1919 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4738 First Line: O changeless Word of life and light Refrain First Line: Precious Bible, precious Bible Lyrics: 1. O changeless Word of life and light,
A perfect rule to guide me,
I take thy counsels, trust thy truth,
And in my heart I hide thee.
Refrain
Precious Bible, precious Bible,
Book by inspiration given;
Precious Bible, precious Bible,
Light to guide our souls to Heav’n!
2. Thou Book divine, thy pages shine
With Heav’n’s unfading glory;
Thou dost reveal to mortals here
The great redemption story. [Refrain]
3. Here law and love and wisdom stand
Revealed through bygone ages,
And children read a message sweet
Upon thy simple pages. [Refrain]
4. Untouched by time, or men’s assaults,
This Word remains unshaken,
And those who build upon this rock
Will never be forsaken. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O changeless Word of life and light]
O Changeless Word
Precious Bible
Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Revival Hymns #33 (1905) First Line: O changeless Word of life and light Tune Title: [O changeless Word of life and light]
Precious Bible
Julia H. Johnston
1849 - 1919 Author of "The Changeless Word" Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Julia H. Johnston
D. B. Towner
1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel Brink Towner Composer of "[O changeless Word of life and light]" in The Cyber Hymnal Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden
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Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs.
--Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives
D. B. Towner
