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His studie was but litel on the Bible.
His studie was but litel on the Bible.
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man who was read more
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the
God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my
tongue.
Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
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Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
To whom God has granted grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, and force the way:
And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere
Free from corruption, or entire, or clear,
Are uncorrupt, sufficient, read more
And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere
Free from corruption, or entire, or clear,
Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire
In all things which our needful faith require.
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.
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.
One day at least in every week,
The sects of every kind
Their doctrines here are sure read more
One day at least in every week,
The sects of every kind
Their doctrines here are sure to seek,
And just as sure to find.
But Thy good word informs my soul
How I may climb to heaven.
But Thy good word informs my soul
How I may climb to heaven.
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.
