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My Old Bible
Author: Edmund Pillifant Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Tho' the cover is worn Refrain First Line: This old Book is my guide Lyrics: 1 Tho’ the cover is worn,
And the pages are torn,
And tho’ places bear the traces of tears;
Yet more precious than gold
Is the Book, worn and old,
That can shatter and scatter my fears.
Refrain:
This old Book is my guide,
‘Tis a friend by my side,
It will lighten and brighten my way;
And each promise I find
Soothes and gladdens my mind
As I read it and heed it today.
2 When I prayerfully look
In the precious old Book,
Many pleasures and treasures I see;
Many tokens of love
From the Father above,
Who is nearest and dearest to me. [Refrain]
3 To this Book I will cling,
Of its worth I will sing,
Tho’ great losses and crosses be mine;
For I cannot despair,
Tho’ surrounded by care,
While possessing this blessing divine. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Tho’ the cover is worn]
My Old Bible
[Tho’ the cover is worn]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Jean Howard Incipit: 12333 43453 16765 Used With Text: My Old Bible
[Tho’ the cover is worn]
[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: F. M. Lehman Incipit: 34553 51233 23117 Used With Text: The Dearest Old Book
[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Norman J. Clayton Incipit: 12333 55541 23333 Used With Text: My Old Bible
[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
The Dearest Old Book
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #7 (1943) First Line: Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn Refrain First Line: O the dearest old book is the Bible I know Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
The Dearest Old Book
My Old Bible
Author: Unknown Hymnal: The All-Girl Trio and Choir No. 2 #5 (1946) First Line: Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn Refrain First Line: To this Book I will cling Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]
My Old Bible
My Old Bible
Author: Edmund Pillifant Hymnal: Evangelistic Songs #29 (1927) First Line: Tho' the cover is worn Refrain First Line: This old Book is my guide Lyrics: 1 Tho’ the cover is worn,
And the pages are torn,
And tho’ places bear the traces of tears;
Yet more precious than gold
Is the Book, worn and old,
That can shatter and scatter my fears.
Refrain:
This old Book is my guide,
‘Tis a friend by my side,
It will lighten and brighten my way;
And each promise I find
Soothes and gladdens my mind
As I read it and heed it today.
2 When I prayerfully look
In the precious old Book,
Many pleasures and treasures I see;
Many tokens of love
From the Father above,
Who is nearest and dearest to me. [Refrain]
3 To this Book I will cling,
Of its worth I will sing,
Tho’ great losses and crosses be mine;
For I cannot despair,
Tho’ surrounded by care,
While possessing this blessing divine. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho’ the cover is worn]
My Old Bible
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "The Dearest Old Book" in Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 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
Frederick M. Lehman
1868 - 1953 Person Name: F. M. Lehman Composer of "[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]" in Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 Frederick Martin Lehman, 1868-1953
Born: August 7, 1868, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany.
Died: February 20, 1953, Pasadena, California.
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Lehman emigrated to America with his family at age four, settling in Iowa, where he lived most of childhood. He came to Christ at age 11, as he relates:
One glad morning about eleven o’clock while walking up the country lane, skirted by a wild crab-apple grove on the right and an osage fence, with an old white-elm gate in a gap at the left, suddenly Heaven let a cornucopia of glory descend on the eleven-year old lad. The wild crab-apple grove assumed a heavenly glow and the osage fence an unearthly lustre. That old white-elm gate with its sun-warped boards gleamed and glowed like silver bars to shut out the world and shut him in with the ’form of the fourth,’ just come into his heart. The weight of conviction was gone and the paeans of joy and praise fell from his lips.
Lehman studied for the ministry at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois, and pastored at Audubon, Iowa; New London, Indiana; and Kansas City, Missouri. The majority of his life was devoted to writing sacred songs; his first was written while a pastor in Kingsley, Iowa, in 1898. He wrote and published hundreds of songs, and compiled five song books. In 1911, he moved to Kansas City, where he helped found the Nazarene Publishing House.
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Frederick M. Lehman
Norman J. Clayton
1903 - 1992 Composer of "[Tho' the cover is worn, and the pages are torn]" in The All-Girl Trio and Choir No. 2 Norman John Clayton Born at Brooklyn, NY, the 9th of 10 children, he gave his heart to Jesus at age six at South Brooklyn Gospel Church, his mother being a founding member of the Baptist group. He was musically inclined, and became church organist at age 12, and also played trumpet. He remained an organist for the rest of his life. A songwriter, he usually began writing the music before the words. He would memorize scripture to assure his music was biblically-based. Much of what he wrote was for special occasions. When young he first worked on a dairy farm, then held an office job in NYC. Clayton entered the building trades industry, working for his father’s construction business, and during the depression, with a commercial bakery. He married Martha Adaline Wistendahl, and they had two children: Muriel and one other (no name found). In the early 1940s, Jack Wyrtzen invited him to be an organist with NYC ‘Word of Life’ rallies. For 15 years he provided music, was organist, vibraphonist, director of the inquiry room, and radio evangelist. He created his own publishing house, and from 1945-1959 he published 30 of his own songbooks. His company was eventually purchased by the Rodeheaver Company, and he joined them as a writer/editor, providing other songs during that period. He died at Carmel, NY.
John Perry
Norman J. Clayton
