308. I love the volume of Thy Word

1 I love the volume of Thy Word:
What light and joy these leaves afford
To souls benighted and distrest!
Thy precepts guide my doubtful way;
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray;
Thy promise leads my heart to rest.

2 From the discoveries of Thy Law
The perfect rules of life I draw;
These are my study and delight:
Not honey so invites the taste,
Nor gold that hath the furnace passed
Appears so pleasing to the sight.

3 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes,
And warn me where my danger lies;
But 'tis Thy blessed Gospel, Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,
And gives a free, but large reward.

4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts?
My God, forgive my secret faults,
And from presumptuous sins restrain
Accept my poor attempts of praise,
That I have read Thy Book of grace
And book of nature not in vain.

Text Information
First Line: I love the volume of Thy Word
Author: Watts (1719)
Meter: L. P. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Scripture:
Topic: The Means of Grace: The Word of God; Sexagesima Sunday
Tune Information
Name: SWISS TUNE
Meter: L. P. M.
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Source from index: "Wirtemberg Hymn Book"



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