This Is Jesus’ Precious Bible

This is Je­sus’ pre­cious Bi­ble

This the gift of God’s right hand;

Teaching how to die tri­umph­ant

How to live His pure com­mand;

This re­veals the loss we suf­fered

When in Ed­en sin en­ticed;

And it shows the way to glo­ry

If we fol­low Je­sus Christ.

Precious Bi­ble! in my bo­som

Thy dear words a home shall find.

Countless bless­ings are

with beau­ty

In Thy pro­mis­es as­signed;

My poor heart once roamed a de­sert

Vast and dry

of wi­thered sod

Till Thy guid­ance brought me through it

To the liv­ing stream of God.

I will hide Thy words with­in me

Deep

where time can­not de­lete;

Thou art light upon my path­way

And a lamp un­to my feet;

Friend Thou art on life’s long jour­ney

Biding through my hours of care

And through Heav­en’s eter­nal ag­es—

Thou my trea­sure ev­er there.