The words of the Lord are pure.
Psalm 12:6
Words: Lizzie DeArmond, in Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (New York: Tullar-Meredith, 1903), number 93.
Music: Honor Oak William A. Post (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Post (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Like a palace full of windows
Open wide unto the light,
Is the Gospel of salvation,
All its words are pure and right.
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Blessèd Gospel, holy Gospel,
Voice of God to help and cheer,
May we find thy precious pages
Growing dearer year by year.
As a lamp, its heavenly pages
Shed their glory o’er our way
Unto mortal eyes revealing
Visions clear of endless day.
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Like a crystal river flowing
From the throne of God above,
To the living, to the dying,
Bringing cooling streams of love.
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