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[There's a dear and precious Book]

Appears in 75 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Davis Tillman Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 11333 31111 11655 Used With Text: My Mother's Bible (Williams)

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My Mother’s Bible

Author: M. B. Williams Appears in 112 hymnals First Line: There's a dear and precious Book Refrain First Line: Blessed Book, precious Book Topics: Bible; Duet Used With Tune: [There's a dear and precious Book]

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My Mother's Bible

Author: M. B. Williams Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #117 (1904) First Line: There's a dear and precious book Refrain First Line: Blessed book, precious book Lyrics: 1 There's a dear and precious book, Tho' it's worn and faded now, Which recalls the happy days of long ago; When I stood at mother's knee, With her hand upon my brow, And I heard her voice in gentle tones and low. Chorus: Blessed book, precious book, On thy dear old tear-stained leaves I love to look; Thou art sweet day by day, As I walk the narrow way That leads at last to that bright home above. 2 There she read of Jesus' love, As he blest the children dear, How he suffered, bled and died upon the tree; Of his heavy load of care, Then she dried my flowing tear With her kisses as she said it was for me. [Chorus] 3 Well, those days are past and gone, But their mem'ry lingers still, And the dear old Book each day has been my guide; And I seek to do his will, As my mother taught me then, And ever in my heart his words abide. [Chorus] Tune Title: [There's a dear and precious book]
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My Mother's Bible

Author: Evangelist M. B. Williams Hymnal: Christian Hymns #348 (1935) First Line: There's a dear and precious book Refrain First Line: Blessed book, precious book Lyrics: 1 There's a dear and precious book, Tho' it's worn and faded now, Which recalls the happy days of long ago, When I stood at mother's knee, With her hand upon my brow, And I heard her voice in gentle tones and low. Refrain: Blessed book, precious book, On thy dear old tear-stained leaves I love to look; Thou art sweeter day by day, As I walk the narrow way That leads at last to that bright home above. 2 As she reads the stories o'er, Of those mighty men of old, Of Joseph and of Daniel and their trials; Of little David bold, Who became a king at last; Of Satan with His many wicked wiles. [Refrain] 3 Then she read of Jesus' love, As He blest the children dear, How He suffered, bled and died upon the tree; Of His heavy load of care, Then she dried my flowing tears With her kisses as she said it was for me. [Refrain] 4 Well, those days are past and gone, But their mem'ry lingers still, And the dear old book each day has been my guide; And I seek to do His will, As my mother taught me then, And ever in my heart His words abide. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a dear and precious book]
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My Mother's Bible (Williams)

Author: Milan Bertrand Williams Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4436 First Line: There's a dear and precious Book Refrain First Line: Bless'd Book, precious Book Lyrics: 1. There’s a dear and precious Book, Though it’s worn and faded now, Which recalls those happy days of long ago, When I stood at mother’s knee, With her hand upon my brow, And I heard her voice in gentle tones and low. Refrain Blessèd Book, precious Book, On thy dear old tear stained leaves I love to look; Thou art sweeter day by day, as I walk the narrow way That leads at last to that bright home above. 2. As she read the stories o’er Of those mighty men of old, Of Joseph and of Daniel and their trials, Of little David bold, Who became a king at last, Of Satan and his many wicked wiles. [Refrain] 3. Then she read of Jesus’ love, As He blessed the children dear, How He suffered, bled and died upon the tree; Of His heavy load of care, Then she dried my flowing tears With her kisses as she said it was for me. [Refrain] 4. Well, those days are past and gone, But their memory lingers still And the dear old Book each day has been my guide; And I seek to do His will, As my mother taught me then, And ever in my heart His Words abide. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a dear and precious Book]

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Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Composer of "[There's a dear and precious Book]" in The New National Baptist Hymnal Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Arranger of "[There's a dear and precious book]" in Radio Favorites Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in De­Kalb Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. In 1926, he bought part of Vir­gil Stamps’ Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Af­ter Bax­ter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the bus­i­ness un­til she died; it was then sold to Zon­der­van. Bax­ter was in­duct­ed in­to the South­ern Gos­pel Music As­so­ci­a­tion Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sun­rise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Sav­ior, Too I Want to Help Some Wea­ry Pil­grim I’m Liv­ing in Ca­naan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Hap­pens Travel the Sun­lit Way Try Je­sus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

M. B. Williams

Author of "My Mother's Bible" in The Voice of Praise Milan Bertrand Williams; evangelist; fl. 1896-1910 LOC Name Authority Files

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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