"GIVE ME THE BIBLE"-- E.S. LORENZ

                               "GIVE ME THE BIBLE"

                 Give me the Bible star of gladness gleaming,

                    To cheer the wand'rer lone and tempest tossed;

                No storms can hide the radiance peaceful beaming

                   Since Jesus came to seek and save the lost.

               Give me the Bible when my heart is broken,

                   When sin and grief have filled my soul with fear;

              Give me the precious words by Jesus spoken,

                   Hold up faith's lamp to show my Saviour near.

             Give me the Bible, all my steps enlighten,

                Teach me the danger of these realms below;

            Thatt lamp of safety o'er the gloom shall brighten, 

                That light alone the path of peace can show.

           Give me the Bible, lamp of life immortal,

               Hold up that splendor by the open grave;

          Show me the light from heaven's  shining portals,

               Show me the glory gilding Jordan's wave.

         Give me the Bible Holy message shining,

             Thy  light shall guide me in the narrow way; 

         Preceipt and promise, law and love combining,

             Till night shall vanish in eternal day.

What a treasrue at our disposal! Let us us it to the fullest. Byrl Brockman