Hold Up the Grand Old Bible

Hold up the grand old Bi­ble to the peo­ple!

Deny it or ne­glect it nev­er!

Unfailing it has stood the test of ag­es

And it shall stand un­changed for­ev­er!

O bless­èd book

the on­ly book

The pow’rs of earth can change it nev­er!

The test of fire and flood through ag­es it hath stood

And it shall stand un­changed for­ev­er.

Hold up the grand old Bi­ble and pro­claim it

The Word of God by pro­phets spok­en;

His seal im­print­ed glows up­on its pag­es

And not a pre­cept can be brok­en.

Hold up the grand old Bi­ble of our fa­thers

And send it un­to ev’ry na­tion;

It is the cloud by day

the fire in dark­ness

That lights the way un­to sal­va­tion.

Hold up the grand old Bi­ble

proud­ly own it

Believe

and search its sac­red pag­es;

There you may find the way of life eter­nal—

Immortal life through end­less ag­es.