More Joy Than Earth Can E'er Afford

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More joy than earth can e'er afford

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Miller)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 More joy than earth can e’er afford,
Is found in God’s delightful Word;
Be it my study night and day,
My guide through all the lonely way.

2 Clothed with a majesty divine,
Its doctrines and its precepts shine;
Unbounded wisdom, truth and grace,
Appear in all its promises.

3 ’Tis here the Lord, as in a glass,
Displays the glories of His face;
He stoops from His imperial throne
And makes His great salvation known.

4 Then be His Word to all addressed;
Know that it makes us wise and blessed,
Till all the earth shall own His name,
And all His boundless love proclaim.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15827

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	More joy than earth can e'er afford
Title:	More Joy Than Earth Can E'er Afford
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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