Give me the Bi­ble, star of glad­ness gleam­ing,
To cheer the wan­d’rer lone and tem­pest tossed;
No storm can hide that ra­di­ance peace­ful beam­ing,
Since Je­sus came to seek and save the lost.

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.

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.

Refrain

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.

Refrain

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