All Scripture Precious

Verse 1

How precious is the Book Divine, By inspiration giv'n! Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine To guide our souls to heav'n, To guide our souls to heav'n.

Verse 2

Its light, descending from above Our gloomy world to cheer, Displays a Savior's boundless love And brings His glories near, And brings His glories near.

Verse 3

It shows to us our wand'ring ways And where his feet have trod, And brings to view the matchless grace Of a forgiving God, Of a forgiving God.

Verse 4

O'er all the straight and narrow way Its radiant beams are cast; A light whose never weary ray Grows brightest at the last, Grows brightest at the last.

Verse 5

It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts In this dark vale of tears, Life, light, and joy it still imparts And quells our rising fears, And quells our rising fears.

Verse 6

This lamp through all the tedious night Of life shall guide our way Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day, Of an eternal day.