When days are dark and cares op­press,
When tri­als sore my soul dis­tress,
I have a com­fort, full and sure,
God’s bless­èd Word, whose truths en­dure.

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’Tis a light for­ev­er guid­ing
Those who walk in it con­fid­ing,
In its pro­mis­es abid­ing,
And ’tis shin­ing, shin­ing, shin­ing all the way!

I find with­in its pro­mise sweet
Strength for my heart, light to my feet;
My help and com­fort, day by day,
I find with­in the Book al­way.

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O bless­èd Book! how cheer­ing are
The glimps­es of the land afar,
Where saints, eter­nal glo­ry won,
Claim Hea­ven’s crown when earth is done.

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O bless­èd Book, my hope, my stay,
To that fair land point out the way;
Where I, blood-washed and saved by grace,
Beyond the Book be­hold His face.

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