Holy Bible! book divine!
The same words as 4 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
48 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #192
Verse 1
Holy Bible! book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine;
Mine to tell me whence I came;
Mine to teach one what I am;Mine, to chide me when I rove;Mine, to show a Saviour's love;Mine, art thou, to guide my feet;Mine to judge, condemn, acquit.
Verse 1
Holy Bible! book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine;
Mine to tell me whence I came;
Mine to teach me what I am;
Not in this version
Verse 2
Mine to chide me when I rove;
Mine to show a Saviour's love;
Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Verse 2
Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine to show by living faith,
Man can triumph over death;Mine, to tell of joys to come,And the rebel sinner's doom;0, thou precious book divine!Precious treasure, thou art mine.
Verse 3
Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine to show by living faith,
Man can triumph over death;
Not in this version
Verse 4
Mine to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner's doom;
O thou holy book divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine!