An Open Bible for the World

An op­en Bi­ble for the world—

May this our glo­ri­ous mot­to be!

On ev­ery breeze its flag un­furled

Shall scat­ter bless­ings rich and free.

Blest Word of God! send forth thy light.

O’er ev­ery land and ev­ery sea

Till all who wan­der in the night

Are led to God and Heav’n by thee.

Where’er it goes its gold­en light

Streaming as from an un­veiled sun

Shall dis­si­pate the clouds of night

Undo the work that sin has done.

It shows to men the Fa­ther’s face

All ra­di­ant with for­giv­ing love;

And to the lost of Ad­am’s race

Proclaims sweet mer­cy from ab­ove.

It of­fers rest to wea­ry hearts

It com­forts those who sit in tears;

To all who faint

it strength im­parts

And gilds with hope th’eter­nal years.