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2885. I'll Not Give Up the Bible

1. I’ll not give up the Bible,
That precious book divine,
For glory gilds its pages,
And truth adorns each line.

Refrain
I’ll never give up that holy book,
I’ll never give up the Bible;
I’ll never give up that holy book,
That precious book divine.

2. Though foes may fight against me,
And enemies combine,
Its precepts still shall guide me,
As light from Heav’n they shine. [Refrain]

3. When fate’s wild storms o’ercloud me,
And loud the billows roar,
My chart shall be the Bible,
To guide to Heav’n’s bright shore. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I'll not give up the Bible
Title: I'll Not Give Up the Bible
Author: William T. Giffe (1897)
Refrain First Line: I'll never give up that holy book
Language: English
Source: The Seed Sower, a Collection of Songs of Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings, edited by A. F. Myers (Toledo, Ohio: The W. W. Whitney Co., 1897)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [I'll not give up the Bible]
Composer: William Thomas Giffe (1897)
Incipit: 51231 76123 26712
Key: A♭ Major
Source: The Seed Sower, a Collection of Songs of Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings, edited by A. F. Myers (Toledo, Ohio: The W. W. Whitney Co., 1897)
Copyright: Public Domain



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