Give Me the Bible

Give me the Bi­ble

star of glad­ness gleam­ing

To cheer the wan­d’rer lone and tem­pest tossed;

No storm can hide that ra­di­ance peace­ful beam­ing

Since Je­sus came to seek and save the lost.

Give me the Bi­ble

ho­ly mes­sage shin­ing;

Thy light shall guide me in the nar­row way;

Precept and pro­mise

law and love com­bin­ing

Till night shall van­ish in eter­nal day.

Give me the Bi­ble

when my heart is brok­en

When sin and grief have filled my soul with fear;

Give me the pre­cious words by Je­sus spok­en

Hold up faith’s lamp to show my Sav­ior near.

Give me the Bi­ble

all my steps en­light­en

Teach me the dan­ger of these realms be­low;

That lamp of safe­ty o’er the gloom shall bright­en

That light alone the path of peace can show.

Give me the Bi­ble

lamp of life im­mor­tal

Hold up that splen­dor by the op­en grave;

Show me the light from Heav­en’s shin­ing por­tal

Show me the glo­ry gild­ing Jor­dan’s wave.