Scripture Verse

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105

Introduction

Words: Au­gust H. Er­ics­son, in Car­ols of Hope, ed­it­ed by Clar­ence M. Sea­mans, Fred­er­ick Stan­ton & Fran­cis A. Black­mer (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ad­vent Christ­ian Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1906), page 111.

Music: Ta­briz Fred­er­ick S. Stan­ton, Sr., 1906 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Er­ics­son or Stan­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

The Book of the ag­es, the old­est, the new;
We love thee, thy pre­cepts, thy say­ings so true;
Sweet light and as­sur­ance thy ra­di­ance leave,
And com­fort in sor­row to those who be­lieve.

Our fa­thers did love thee, thou blest sac­red Book;
Thy words were their coun­sel, of thee they par­took;
In sea­sons of anguish, ’mid fa­got and flame,
Thy pro­mise sus­tained them, they hon­ored thy name.

Dear Bi­ble, thy pag­es our God doth re­veal,
Thy won­der­ful Gos­pel hath pow­er to heal;
We read on thy pag­es of God’s love to man,
Salvation pro­vid­ed through Je­sus’ dear name.

And now, bless­èd Bi­ble, our lamp thou shalt be,
To guide us all safe­ly o’er life’s rug­ged sea;
And when to the ha­ven of rest we shall come,
We’ll sing of thy worth with the ran­somed at home.