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Praise God for the Bible
Author: W. F. Crafts Appears in 10 hymnals Refrain First Line: Praise, praise ever praise Lyrics: 1 Praise God for the Bible
It comes like a friend,
To counsel and comfort,
To guide and defend;
Praise God for the Bible,
More precious than gold,
The words of sure promise
Its pages unfold.
Refrain:
Praise, praise, ever praise,
Praise God for the Bible
That gladdens our days.
2 Praise God for the Bible,
The mirror of sin,
That shows us our wrongness
Without and within;
Praise God for the Bible,
The water of truth
Which gladdens and cleanses
The way of our youth. [Refrain]
3 Praise God for the Bible;
It burns like a fire,
As dross from the silver,
Each evil desire;
Praise God for the Bible,
His letter of love
To fathers and children,
Inviting above. [Refrain]
4 Praise God for the Bible,
That kills like a sword
Our sins and wrong doings,
And fights for the Lord;
Praise God for the Bible,
A lamp in our feet,
‘Twill guide us to heaven
Our Savior to greet. [Refrain] Topics: Children; Truth Used With Tune: [Praise God for the Bible]
Praise God for the Bible
[Praise God for the Bible]
Appears in 287 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir H. R. Bishop Incipit: 13455 35434 23134 Used With Text: Praise God for the Bible
[Praise God for the Bible]
Praise God for the Bible
Author: W. F. Crafts Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Glory #357 (1918) Refrain First Line: Praise, praise ever praise Lyrics: 1 Praise God for the Bible
It comes like a friend,
To counsel and comfort,
To guide and defend;
Praise God for the Bible,
More precious than gold,
The words of sure promise
Its pages unfold.
Refrain:
Praise, praise, ever praise,
Praise God for the Bible
That gladdens our days.
2 Praise God for the Bible,
The mirror of sin,
That shows us our wrongness
Without and within;
Praise God for the Bible,
The water of truth
Which gladdens and cleanses
The way of our youth. [Refrain]
3 Praise God for the Bible;
It burns like a fire,
As dross from the silver,
Each evil desire;
Praise God for the Bible,
His letter of love
To fathers and children,
Inviting above. [Refrain]
4 Praise God for the Bible,
That kills like a sword
Our sins and wrong doings,
And fights for the Lord;
Praise God for the Bible,
A lamp in our feet,
‘Twill guide us to heaven
Our Savior to greet. [Refrain] Topics: Children; Truth Tune Title: [Praise God for the Bible]
Praise God for the Bible
Praise God for the Bible
Author: Rev. W. F. Crafts Hymnal: Song and Study for God's Little Ones #100 (1894) Refrain First Line: Praise, praise ever praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise God for the Bible]
Praise God for the Bible
Praise God for the Bible
Author: Rev. W. F. Crafts Hymnal: Little Pilgrim Songs #110 (1883) Refrain First Line: Praise, praise forever praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Praise God for the Bible]
Praise God for the Bible
Anonymous
Alterer of "Praise God for the Bible" in Songs of the Evening Light In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Henry R. Bishop
1786 - 1855 Person Name: Sir. H. R. Bishop Composer of "[Praise God for the Bible]" in Songs of Grace and Glory Bishop, Henry Rowley, was born at London, Nov. 18, 1786, and died at London, April 30, 1855. See a full notice in the Dictionary of Nat. Biog., v., 91. From 1840 he was occasional and from 1843 to 1848 sole conductor of the Antient Concerts. Of his Twelve Corales...as sung at the Concerts of Ancient Music, for which (with Words expressly written to them) they were adapted and arranged by Sir Henry R. Bishop, 1844 (B. M. copy is H. 878), some are fairly literal translations from the German, others have no connection with their nominal originals. Three were noted in this Dictionary, but their source not having been traced in 1892, we now subjoin them:—
1. Behold, how glorious is yon sky, p. 127, ii. This is from "Wie herrlich ist die neue Welt" in C. H. Graun's oratorio Der Tod Jesu, 1756 (B. M. copy, 11. 1805, catalogued as 1766), the words being by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, b. Feb. 25, 1725, at Colberg, in Pomerania; 1748, Professor of Literature at the Cadet School in Berlin; d. at Berlin, April 11, 1798.
2. God is our Refuge in distress, Our Shield, p. 325, i.
3. O let us praise the Lord, With hearts of true devotion, p. 963, ii., No. 4. The Winchester Hymn Book, 1857, alters stanza i., the original line 1. 3, 4 being:—
"Whose spirit roams abroad,
To calm life's troubled ocean."
Another fairly close version is,"Wake, O wake! a voice is crying," from "Wachet auf," p. 805, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Henry R. Bishop
Wilbur F. Crafts
1850 - 1922 Person Name: W. F. Crafts Author of "Praise God for the Bible" in Songs of Grace and Glory Used pseudonym Callene Fisk
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Rv Wilbur Fisk Crafts AM PhD USA 1850-1922. Born in Fryeburg, ME, the son of a minister, he attended Weslyan University, CT, Boston University, MA,1871, and Marietta College, OH, 1886. He married Sara Jane Timanus. He served as pastor of Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, and Presbyterian churches, and was prominent in the temperance and prohibition movements. He promoted Sunday school education. He founded, and for 28 years was Superintendent of the International Reform Bureau. He authored a number of books, other works, and some hymn lyrics. He wrote on a wide variety of subjects, mostly religious. He died in Washington, D.C. of pneumonia.
John Perry
Wilbur F. Crafts
