O Lord, Thy Perfect Word

Representative Text

1 O Lord, thy perfect word
Directs our steps aright,
Nor can all other books afford
Such profit or delight.

2 Celestial beams it sheds,
To cheer this vale below:
To distant lands its glory spreads,
And streams of mercy flow.

3 True wisdom it imparts,
Commands our hope and fear;
Oh, may we hide it in our hearts,
And feel its influence there.

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #441

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 >

Text Information

First Line: O Lord, Thy perfect word Directs our steps aright
Title: O Lord, Thy Perfect Word
Author: Benjamin Beddome
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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Living Hymns #441

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Precious Hymns #155

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Sacred Poetry #156

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #585

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The Christian Hymn Book #18

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The New Golden Shower #98e

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The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #441

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The Song Companion to the Scriptures #124

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #203

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Church Harmonies #271

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #191

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The Gospel Psalmist #154

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The Psalmist #390

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The Psalmist #390

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The Psalmody #342

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of the Baptist Church and all lovers of song #17

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Regular Baptist Church. 10th ed. #d378

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d315

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #191

Melodies of Heaven #d99

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New Union Hymns #451

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d469

Pure Gold for the Sunday School #d94

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #408

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The Altar, a Service Book for Sunday Schools (New and Enl. Ed.) #32

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The Baptist Psalmody #300

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #171

The Christian Psalmist #d496

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #895

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