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Back to the Blessed Old Bible

Back to the blessed old Bible

Author: Daniel Otis Teasley (1901)
Tune: [Back to the blessed old Bible]
Published in 10 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. Back to the blessèd old Bible,
Back to the city of God,
Back to the oneness of Heaven,
Back where the faithful have trod.
Back from the land of confusion,
Free from the bondage of creeds;
Back to the light of the morning,
Jesus our captain leads.

Refrain
Back to the blessèd old Bible,
Back to the light of its word:
Be on our banners forever,
Holiness unto the Lord.

2. Back to the blessèd old Bible,
Saints of Jehovah, rejoice;
Jesus is calling His people
Back to the land of their choice.
Often our fathers had sought it
While they in Babel abode,
Now we have found the fair city,
Church of the living God. [Refrain]

3. Back to the blessèd old Bible,
Leaving confusion and strife;
Fleeing from Babel to Zion,
Back to the joy of our life.
Over the mountain we wandered,
Looking in vain for the right,
Now in the evening we’ve found it,
Truth of the Gospel light. [Refrain]

4. Back to the blessèd old Bible,
Back at the Master’s call,
Back to the words of our Savior,
Loving, obeying them all.
Never in sects to be scattered,
Never again to do wrong:
Unity, holiness, Heaven,
Ever shall be our song. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #363

Author: Daniel Otis Teasley

Daniel Otis Teasley, 1876-1942 Died: November 15, 1942, Santa Ana, California. Teasley en­tered the min­is­try of the Church of God de­nom­in­a­tion in 1896, and pas­tored in New York. Some­time af­ter 1910, he be­came Gen­er­al Man­a­ger of the Gos­pel Trump­et Com­pa­ny, where he worked un­til 1917. He then worked as gen­er­al man­ag­er of War­ner Press (1917-18). His works in­clude: Historical Ge­o­graphy of the Bi­ble, 1898, 1917 The Ho­ly Spir­it and Other Spir­its, 1904 How to Con­duct a Sun­day School, 1911 The Go­spel Guide-book, 1918 The Bi­ble and How to In­ter­pret It, 1918 Lyrics-- At the Cross of Je­sus Bow­ing Back to the Bless­èd Old Bi­ble… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Back to the blessed old Bible
Title: Back to the Blessed Old Bible
Author: Daniel Otis Teasley (1901)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Back to the blessed old Bible
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #363
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #1030
  • Back_to_the_Blessed_Old_Bible.pdf (PDF)
  • Back_to_the_Blessed_Old_Bible.xml (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)
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Evening Light Songs #12

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #363

TextScoreAudio

Timeless Truths #1030

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