Hold up the grand old Bi­ble to the peo­ple!
Deny it or ne­glect it ne­ver!
Unfailing it has stood the test of ag­es,
And it shall stand un­changed for­ev­er!

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O bless­èd book, the on­ly book,
The pow’rs of earth can change it ne­ver!
The test of fire and flood through ag­es it hath stood,
And it shall stand un­changed for­ev­er.

Hold up the grand old Bi­ble and pro­claim it
The Word of God by pro­phets spok­en;
His seal im­print­ed glows up­on its pag­es,
And not a pre­cept can be brok­en.

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Hold up the grand old Bi­ble of our fa­thers,
And send it un­to ev’ry na­tion;
It is the cloud by day, the fire in dark­ness,
That lights the way un­to sal­va­tion.

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Hold up the grand old Bi­ble, proud­ly own it,
Believe, and search its sac­red pag­es;
There you may find the way of life eter­nal—
Immortal life through end­less ag­es.

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