Scripture Verse

Thy word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loveth it. Psalm 119:140

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Up­lift­ing Songs, New and Old, ed­it­ed by Charles C. Case & James R. Mur­ray (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1896), num­ber 134. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Mar­tha C. Ol­iv­er, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: James R. Mur­ray (🔊 pdf nwc).

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James R. Murray (1841–1905)

Lyrics

I love the Holy Bi­ble,
Because therein I see
How Je­sus came from glo­ry
To show the way to me;
Oh, how could I have heard His call,
Or else have found the way at all?
The Bi­ble, the Bi­ble!
My treasure and my guide.

I trust the Holy Bi­ble,
It is my Fa­ther’s word,
Wherein are songs of gladness
That carol like a bird;
I often falter, this I know,
But oh, I love the Bi­ble so;
The Bi­ble, the Bi­ble!
My treasure and my guide.

I read the Holy Bi­ble,
And take it for my guide;
And in its blest assurance,
Securely I will hide;
O, that the whole wide world might know,
Whence all our joys and comforts flow;
The Bi­ble, the Bi­ble!
My treasure and my guide.