1888. God's Holy Book

1. What light is this whose constant ray
Reveals to trav’lers lost the way
To mansions of eternal day?
God’s holy book, the Bible.

Refrain
I love the Bible, I love the Bible,
A light to shine upon my path,
I love, I love the Bible.

2. What faithful chart on life’s rough sea,
What compass true where’er we be,
What anchor for eternity?
God’s holy book, the Bible. [Refrain]

3. What sword enables us to fight
Against sin’s pow’rs and Satan’s might?
Gives victory for God and right?
God’s holy book, the Bible. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: What light is this whose constant ray
Title: God's Holy Book
Author: Martha Mills Newton (1897)
Refrain First Line: I love the Bible, I love the Bible
Language: English
Source: Songs for Young People, by Edwin O. Excell (Cincinnati, Ohio: Curts & Jennings, 1897), number 43
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [What light is this whose constant ray]
Composer: Edwin Othello Excell
Incipit: 51712 32345 65332
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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