O thou sac­red Book—may thy light di­vine
With its heal­ing balm ’round the wide world shine!
May thy words of truth and thy ten­der grace
Be our com­fort in ev­ery place.

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Word of God! Word of life!
As a rock thy truth shall stand;
Thro’ the storm and calm
Thou wilt keep us true,
And will lead us to God’s right hand.

’Tis the herald of our sal­va­tion dear,
For it bring­eth God’s lov­ing­kind­ness near;
In His grace we trust, in His love we live,
And our wan­d’rings He doth for­give.

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May we ever all Thy com­mand­ments keep,
Filling all our hearts like a fount­ain deep,
Flowing forth in­to ev­er­last­ing peace,
Where the woes of the world shall cease.

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