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The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or read more
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or sibyls told,
In groves of oak or fanes of gold,
Still floats upon the morning wind,
Still whispers to the willing mind.
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord!
Star of Eternity! The only star
By which the read more
Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord!
Star of Eternity! The only star
By which the bark of man could navigate
The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss
Securely.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.
Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant
would drown.
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant
would drown.
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
We search the world for truth; we cull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From all old read more
We search the world for truth; we cull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From all old flower fields of the soul;
And, weary seeker of the best,
We come back laden from out quest,
To find that all the sages said
Is in the Book our mothers read.
How glad the heathens would have been,
That worship idols, wood and stone,
If they the book read more
How glad the heathens would have been,
That worship idols, wood and stone,
If they the book God had seen.
