1 “God’s Book;”—a deathless song of love
Thru all the ages sung;
A picture of the Heart above,
Beloved by old and young.
Refrain:
O blessed book of grace divine,
So precious to my soul,
My mother’s guide, thou shalt be mine,
Till I have reached the goal.
2 “God’s Book;”—the soul’s most precious food,
A counselor sublime;
A rock that hath unshaken stood
Thru all the blasts of time. [Refrain]
3 “God’s Book;”—the sunshine of the soul,
When tempests hide the sky;
A pilot true, when billows roll,
And dang’rous rocks are nigh. [Refrain]
4 “God’s Book;”—a chart that leads aright,
That marks the pilgrim way,
Thru labyrinths of starless night,
To everlasting day. [Refrain]
Source: Songs of Grace and Glory: A New and Inspiring Selection of Sacred Songs for Evangelical Use and General Worship #150
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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