LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Keble
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1827
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 19:1; Rm 1:20
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 662
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 134
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 76
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 373
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 355
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 133
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 331
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 168
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 168
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 340
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 43
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 303
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 80
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 374
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 664
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 611
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 603
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 189
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 497
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MUSIC
Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 475
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 76
| E
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 111
| E
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 236
| E
| Hymns of Faith
| 257
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. There is a Book that all may read,
Which heav’nly truth imparts,
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.
2. The works of God above, below,
Within us and around,
Are pages in that Book, to show
How God Himself is found.
3. The glorious sky, embracing all,
Is like the Maker’s love,
Wherewith encompassed,
great and small
In peace and order move.
4. The moon above, the Church below,
A wondrous race they run;
But each their radiance, all their glow,
Each borrows of its Sun.
5. The Savior lends the light and heat
That crown His holy hill;
The saints, like stars,
around His seat
Perform their courses still.
6. The dew of Heav’n is like Thy grace,
It steals in silence down;
But where it lights, the favored place
By richest fruits is known.
7. One Name, above
all glorious names,
With its ten thousand tongues
The everlasting sea proclaims,
Echoing angelic songs.
8. The raging fire, the roaring wind,
Thy boundless power display,
But in the gentler breeze we find
The Spirit’s viewless way.
9. Two worlds are ours: ’tis only sin
Forbids us to descry
The mystic heaven and earth within,
Plain as the sea and sky.
10. Thou, Who hast giv’n
me eyes to see,
And love this sight so fair,
Give me a heart to find out Thee,
And read Thee everywhere.
11. **alt verses
12. There is a Book,
who runs may read,
Which heav’nly truth imparts,
And all the lore its scholars need,
Pure eyes and Christian hearts.
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