Give Me the Bible

 1 

Give me the Bible,

star of gladness gleaming,

To cheer the wanderer

lone and tempest tossed,

No storm can hide that 

radiance peaceful beaming

Since Jesus came

to seek and save the lost.

2 

Give me the Bible

when my heart is broken,

When sin and grief have

filled my soul with fear,

Give me the precious

words by Jesus spoken,

Hold up faith’s lamp

to show my Savior near. 

3 

Give me the Bible,

all my steps enlighten,

Teach me the danger

of these realms below,

That lamp of safety,

o’er the gloom shall brighten,

That light alone

the path of peace can show. 

4

Give me the Bible

lamp of life immortal

Hold up that splendor 

by the open grave;

Show me the light from

heaven's shining portal

Show me the glory

gilding Jordan's wave (Refrain)

Refrain:

Give me the Bible,

holy message shining,

Thy light shall guide me

in the narrow way.

Precept and promise,

law and love combining,

Till night shall vanish

in eternal day.

Author: Priscilla J. Owens

Psalm 119:105

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

LAW AND LOVE COMBINING

Matthew 22

35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

TEACH ME THE DANGER OF THESE REALMS BELOW

2 Timothy 3:1

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

THE GLORY GILDING JORDAN'S WAVE

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.