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His studie was but litel on the Bible.
His studie was but litel on the 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. 
 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. 
 The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book 
of morals, and a read more 
 The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book 
of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from 
God. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 So we're all right, an' I, for one,
 Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
  By rammin' read more 
 So we're all right, an' I, for one,
 Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
  By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun,
   An' gittin' Natur' for an ally. 
 It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the 
Gospel is good fare."  
 It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the 
Gospel is good fare."