Blessed Bible, how I love it

Verse 1

Blessed Bible, how I love it! !
How it doth my bosom cheer! !
What hath earth like this to covet
Oh ! what stores of wealth are here!

Verse 1

Blessed Bible, how I love it!
How it doth my bosom cheer!
What hath earth like this to give me?
O, what stores of wealth are here!

Verse 2

'Tis a fountain ever bursting,
Whence the weary soul obtain
Water for the soul's thirsting,
And shall never thirst again.

Verse 2

'T is a fountain ever springing,
Where the weary may obtain
Water for the thirst of blessing,
That it may not thirst again.

Verse 3

'Tis a chart that never fails you,
As which God to man has given ;
When the rudest storm assails you,
It will guide you safe to heaven.

Verse 3

'T is a chart that never faileth,
One which God to us hath given;
And though oft the storm assaileth,
It will guide you safe to heaven.

Verse 4

'Tis a pearl of price exceeding
All the gems in ocean found; ;
To its truths may you be heeding
In its truths may you abound.

Verse 4

'T is a pearl of price exceeding
All the gems in ocean found;
And, like good precepts feeding,
In thy grace thou art abound.