1 Like a Star of the morning in its beauty,
Like a Sun is the Bible to my soul,
Shining clear on the way of love and duty,
As I hasten on my journey to the goal.
Chorus:
Holy Bible! my precious Bible!
Gift of God, and Lamp of life,
My Beautiful Bible!
I will cling to the dear, old Holy Bible,
As I hasten to the City of the King.
2 'Tis a Light in the wilderness of sorrow,
And a Lamp on the weary pilgrim way,
And it guides to the bright, eternal morrow,
Shining more and more unto the perfect day. [Chorus]
3 ’Tis the Voice of a Friend forever near me,
In the toil and the battle here below;
In the gloom of the valley it will cheer me,
Till the glory of his kingdom I shall know. [Chorus]
4 It shall stand in its beauty and its glory,
When the earth and the heavens pass away;
Ever telling the blessed, wondrous story
Of the loving Lamb, the only Living Way. [Chorus]
Source: Christian Hymns: for every purpose in worship #289
Hartzler, Henry Burns. (York County, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1840--1920). Evangelical. Licensed 1869, pastor Trinity Church, York Penn., in 1873-1874; editor of The Messenger in 1870s and 1880s; taught Bible in Mt. Hermon school, Northfield, Massachusetts. Was associated with D.L. Moody. Went with the United Evangelical CHurch in the schism, was editor of its Evangel 1894-1902. Editor of and hymn-contributor to Evangelischer Gesangbuch and Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church. Bishop of that denomination 1902-1910. Most famous hymn was "Go and seek the lost and dying."
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