Read to Me the Bible

Verse 1

Read to me the blessèd Bible, On its sacred pages shine Grace and truth and tender mercy, And a Savior’s love divine.

Chorus

Read the Bible, Now the lamp of life burns low, These will cheer me, When the agèd feet move slow.

Verse 2

’Tis a fount of living water, Where the soul its thirst may slake, Bread of life it freely offers, Unto all who will partake.

Verse 3

Read to me the blessèd Bible, Read it carefully and slow, ’Tis a refuge and a shelter, From the stormy winds that blow.

Verse 4

It is comfort for the troubled, To the lonely ’tis a guest, For the penitent, ’tis pardon, To the weary it is rest.

Verse 5

When you read about the City, Whose fair day ne’er ends with night, Death is not the king of terrors, But a messenger of light.