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Author: John Burton, Sr. Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 569 hymnals Topics: Bible, Word of God Lyrics: 1 Holy Bible, Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine: Mine to tell me whence I came; Mine to teach me what I am. 2 Mine to chide me when I rove, Mine to show a Savior's love; Mine thou art to guide and guard; Mine to punish or reward. 3 Mine to comfort in distress, Suffering in this wilderness; Mine to show by living faith, We can triumph over death. 4 Mine to tell of joys to come, And the rebel sinner's doom: O thou Holy Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine. Used With Tune: ALETTA

Wonderful Words of Life

Author: Philip P. Bliss Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 564 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship The Bible; God's Church The Church at Worship: The Bible; Bible First Line: Sing them over again to me Refrain First Line: beautiful words, wonderful words Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life; let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life. Words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty: [Refrain:] Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. 2 Christ, the blessed one, gives to all wonderful words of life; sinner, list to the loving call, wonderful words of life. All so freely given, wooing us to heaven: [Refrain] 3 Sweetly echo the gospel call, wonderful words of life; offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of life. Jesus, only Savior, sanctify forever. [Refrain] Used With Tune: WORDS OF LIFE

I will Sing the Wondrous Story

Author: F. H. Rowley Appears in 287 hymnals Topics: Bible Refrain First Line: Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story Used With Tune: [I will sing the wondrous story]

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AUSTRIAN HYMN

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 712 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn Topics: Bible, Word of God Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: Word of God, Across the Ages

[Peter and John went to pray]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous; Betty Pulkingham Topics: Singing God's Story People of the Bible Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11117 76677 77765 Used With Text: Silver and Gold Have I None

JEHOVAH'S REST

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. E. Belden Topics: Bible Songs Scriptures, Law, Sabbath Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 32114 32222 22123 Used With Text: Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome

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The Bible, the Bible, more Precious than Gold

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: Lutherförbundets Sångbok #E170 (1913) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Bible First Line: The Bible! the Bible! more precious than gold Lyrics: 1 The Bible! the Bible! more precious than gold, The hopes and the glories its pages unfold! It speaks of a Saviour, and tells of His love; It shows us the way to the mansions above. 2 The Bible! the Bible! blest volume of truth, How sweetly it smiles on the season of youth! It bids us seek early the pearl of great price, Ere th'heart is enslaved in the bondage of vice. 3 The Bible! the Bible! we hail it with joy; Its truths and its glories our tongues shall employ; We'll sing of its triumphs, we'll tell of its worth, And send its glad tidings afar o'er the earth. Languages: English Tune Title: VÅR BIBEL, VÅR BIBEL

Precious Bible

Author: Daniel S. Warner Hymnal: Timeless Truths #299 Meter: 11.9.11.10.8.7.11.10 Topics: Bible/Word First Line: O precious Bible! burning words from heaven Refrain First Line: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! Lyrics: 1 O precious Bible! burning words from heaven, We’ll ever cherish thee in our heart; Sweet is the counsel by thy pages given: On life’s dark ocean, our only chart. Refrain: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! Joyful tidings from our home; Thou art the rock of everlasting ages; Hope of eternal bliss at heaven’s throne. 2 O precious volume! only in thy pages We read the duty of all our race; Only thy sunbeams, shining through the ages, Reveal the wonders of saving grace. [Refrain] 3 This book of heaven shall endure forever; And from its wisdom we’ll never turn; Weighed in its balance, all the creeds that sever Are only stubble, ere long to burn. [Refrain] 4 Dear book of mercy, on thy sure foundation We build a dwelling-place for our soul; Hearing and doing all thy revelation, It stands unshaken, though billows roll. [Refrain] Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16 Tune Title: [O precious Bible! burning words from heaven]

I Believe the Bible

Author: H. L. Hymnal: Progressive Sunday School Songs #6 (1923) Topics: Bible First Line: I believe the Bible, blessed book divine Refrain First Line: I believe the Bible, blessed book divine Lyrics: 1 I believe the Bible, blessed book divine, Holy inspiration from its pages shine; Guide unto my footsteps, light upon my way, Pointing to the homeland of eternal day. Refrain: I believe the Bible, blessed book divine, Holy inspiration from its pages shine; Word of God eternal, Bread of life so free, I believe the Bible, ‘tis the book for me. 2 I believe the Bible, blessed living word, Telling us the story, sweetest ever heard Of the love of Jesus, who His life-blood gave, That the sinful world He might redeem and save. [Refrain] 3 I believe the Bible, it has stood the test Of the passing ages—on it I will rest; Heave’n and earth will vanish, they shall pass away, But the blessed word of God abides for aye. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I believe the Bible, blessed book divine]

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Sylvia G. Dunstan

1955 - 1993 Person Name: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993 Topics: Bible-Word of God Author of "Go to the World" in Total Praise After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation

Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles A. Tindley, 1851-1933 Topics: Bible--Word of God Author of "We'll Understand It Better By and By" in African American Heritage Hymnal Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia in 1875, he took correspondence courses toward becoming a Methodist minister. He did this while working as a sexton (building caretaker) for the East Bainbridge Street Church. Beginning in 1885, he was appointed by the local bishop to serve two or three-year terms at a series of churches, until coming full circle to become pastor at East Bainbridge in 1902. Under his leadership, the church grew rapidly. They relocated in 1904 to the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, then again in 1924 to the new Tindley Temple, where the membership roll blossomed to about ten thousand. Tindley was known for being a captivating preacher, and for also taking an active role in the betterment of the people in his community. His songs were an outgrowth of his preaching ministry, often introduced during his sermons. Tindley was able to draw people of multiple races to his church ministry; likewise, his songs have been adopted and proliferated by white and black churches alike. The songs of Charles Tindley were published cumulatively in two editions of Soul Echoes (1905, 1909) and six editions of New Songs of Paradise (1916-1941). His wife Daisy died in 1924, before the completion of the Tindley Temple. He remarried in 1927 to Jenny Cotton. Charles A. Tindley died July 26, 1933.

Percy Dearmer

1867 - 1936 Person Name: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Topics: The Bible Author of "Book of Books, Our People's Strength" in Pilgrim Hymnal Dearmer, Percy, M.A., son of Thomas Dearmer, was born in London, Feb. 27, 1867, and educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1890, M.A. 1896). He was ordained D. 1891, P. 1892, and has been since 1901 Vicar of S. Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, London. He has been Secretary of the London Branch of the Christian Social Union since 1891, and is the author of The Parson's Handbook, 1st edition, 1899, and other works. He was one of the compilers of the English Hymnal, 1906, acting as Secretary and Editor, and contributed to it ten translations (38, 95, 150, 160, 165, 180, 215, 237, 352, 628) and portions of two others (242, 329), with the following originals:— 1. A brighter dawn is breaking. Easter. Suggested by the Aurora lucis, p. 95, but practically original. 2. Father, Who on man dost shower. Temperance. 3. God, we thank Thee, not in vain. Burial. 4. Holy God, we offer here. Holy Communion. 5. Jesu, good above all other. For Children. 6. Lord, the wind and sea obey Thee. For those at Sea. 7. The winter's sleep was long and deep. St. Philip and St. James. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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