Text: | Book of books, our people's strength |
Author: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Tune: | LIEBSTER JESU |
Composer (melody): | Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673 |
Harmonizer: | George Herbert Palmer, 1846-1926 |
1 Book of books, our people's strength,
statesman's, teacher's, hero's treasure,
bringing freedom, spreading truth,
shedding light that none can measure:
wisdom comes to those who know thee,
all the best we have we owe thee.
2 Thank we those who toiled in thought,
many diverse scrolls completing,
poets, prophets, scholars, saints,
each a word from God repeating;
till they came, who told the story
of the Word, and showed his glory.
3 Praise we God, who hath inspired
those whose wisdom still directs us;
praise him for the Word made flesh,
for the Sprit which protects us.
Light of knowledge, ever burning,
shed on us thy deathless learning.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Book of books, our people's strength |
Author: | Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 |
Meter: | 78. 78. 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Holy Scripture |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LIEBSTER JESU |
Composer (melody): | Johann Rudolph Ahle, 1625-1673 |
Harmonizer: | George Herbert Palmer, 1846-1926 |
Meter: | 78. 78. 88 |
Key: | G Major |