Thy Word is truth.
John 17:17
Words: Alfred Barratt, in Cornelius’ Gospel Songs, edited by Rufus Cornelius (Fort Worth, Texas: 1927), number 5.
Music: Rufus H. Cornelius (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a better photo of Barratt or Cornelius (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
My mother’s old Bible is pointing the way;
Its precepts I’ll follow from day unto day;
I care not what others around me may say,
For my mother’s old Bible is true.
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My mother’s old Bible is true (is true),
My mother’s old Bible is true;
It tells of God’s love, sent down from above,
My mother’s old Bible is true.
It tells of a Savior who came here to die,
And now He is living in glory on high;
It tells of salvation so wondrously nigh,
And my mother’s old Bible is true.
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Away with the teachings that wickedly mock,
My mother’s old Bible has stood every shock;
It gives living water that flows from the Rock,
And my mother’s old Bible is true.
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My mother’s old Bible is precious to me,
If tells of God’s mercy, abundant and free;
It brings joy and comfort wherever I be,
For my mother’s old Bible is true.
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