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[Blessed Bible! how I love it]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Incipit: 53135 44342 34654 Used With Text: The Glorious Treasure

Author: Mrs. Phoebe Palmer Appears in 89 hymnals First Line: Blessed Bible! how I love it Refrain First Line: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible Lyrics: 1 Blessed Bible! how I love it! How it doth my spirit cheer; What hath earth like this to covet? O what stores of wealth are here! Chorus: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! God’s own book to mortals giv’n; Precious tidings of salvation, Glorious chart and guide to heav’n. 2 Man was lost, and doomed to sorrow, Not one ray of light or bliss Could he from earth’s treasure borrow, Till his way was cheered by this. [Chorus] 3 Speak, poor heart, and tell thy pond’rings, Tell how far thy rovings led, When this book bro’t back thy wand’rings, Speaking life as from the dead. [Chorus] 4 Blessed Bible! I will hide thee Deep—yes! deeper in my heart! Thou through all my life shalt guide me, And in death we will not part. [Chorus] 5 Part in death? No, never! never! Through death’s vale I’ll lean on thee, Then in worlds above forever Sweeter still thy truths shalt be. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Blessed Bible! how I love it]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

The Glorious Treasure

Author: Mrs. Phoebe Palmer Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #218 (1885) First Line: Blessed Bible! how I love it Refrain First Line: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible Lyrics: 1 Blessed Bible! how I love it! How it doth my spirit cheer; What hath earth like this to covet? O what stores of wealth are here! Chorus: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! God’s own book to mortals giv’n; Precious tidings of salvation, Glorious chart and guide to heav’n. 2 Man was lost, and doomed to sorrow, Not one ray of light or bliss Could he from earth’s treasure borrow, Till his way was cheered by this. [Chorus] 3 Speak, poor heart, and tell thy pond’rings, Tell how far thy rovings led, When this book bro’t back thy wand’rings, Speaking life as from the dead. [Chorus] 4 Blessed Bible! I will hide thee Deep—yes! deeper in my heart! Thou through all my life shalt guide me, And in death we will not part. [Chorus] 5 Part in death? No, never! never! Through death’s vale I’ll lean on thee, Then in worlds above forever Sweeter still thy truths shalt be. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Blessed Bible! how I love it]

The Glorious Treasure

Author: Mrs. Phoebe Palmer Hymnal: The Gem of Gems #112 (1881) First Line: Blessed Bible! how I love it! Refrain First Line: Blessed Bible! Blessed Bible! Languages: English Tune Title: [Blessed Bible! how I love it!]

People

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Phoebe Palmer Knapp

1839 - 1908 Person Name: Mrs. Phoebe Palmer Author of "The Glorious Treasure" in The Gem of Gems As a young girl Phoebe Palmer Knapp (b. New York, NY, 1839; d. Poland Springs, ME, 1908) displayed great musical talent; she composed and sang children’s song at an early age. The daughter of the Methodist evangelist Walter C. Palmer, she was married to John Fairfield Knapp at the age of sixteen. Her husband was a founder of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and after his death, she shared her considerable inherited wealth with various charitable organizations. She composed over five hundred gospel songs, of which the tunes for “Blessed Assurance” and “Open the Gates of the Temple” are still popular today. Bert Polman

Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[Blessed Bible! how I love it]" in Gospel Praise Book. Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Phoebe Palmer

1807 - 1874 Person Name: Mrs. Phoebe Palmer Author of "The Glorious Treasure" in Gospel Praise Book. Palmer, Phoebe, an American Methodist, b. 1807, and d. in 1874, wrote "Blessed Bible! how I love thee" (Holy Scriptures), and “O! when shall I sweep through the gates" (Heaven Anticipated). The latter is in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)