“God-breathed, each sacred page reveals”
L.M.
God-breathed, each sacred page reveals
The sacred truth of God on high;
God condescends to speak to man,
His holy name to magnify.
Divine, no error mars the Word,
No folly creeps across the page.
The Word of God unsullied stands
From shore to shore and age to age.
Unchanged, the Word of God remains
The same across the passing years;
The truth which fired the martyrs’ hearts
Still freshly rings in modern ears.
Complete, our every need is met
Within the holy, precious book.
Our souls are saved, and kept, and fed
Beside the waters of this brook.
How warmly gleams this heav’n-forged blade,
Far sharper than a two-edged sword;
It overcomes the hardest heart,
And spreads God’s glorious power abroad.
“Enlarge our hearts to understand
The light of God to sinful man!
Grant grace to choose the way of truth,
To run the way that you command.”
©JRW
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“The Word of God unsullied stands From shore to shore and age to age.” Best quote I’ve seen this week.
Cammie Novara
Wednesday 4 August 2010 at 23:08
Excellent, Jeremy. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Is there a particular tune you had in mind when writing?
Mike D
Thursday 5 August 2010 at 21:11
Thank you, Cammie and Mike. To answer your question, Mike, I think we have sung it once or twice to something that worked without quite fitting. I did not have time to look through the Long Metre tunes again and see if any of the tunes capture the mood of the hymn. Feel free to offer suggestions for something that communicates something of the robustness and earnestness and happiness of the convictions expressed.
I will look back to see what we have used before, and will let you know if I still have a record of it.
Jeremy Walker
Thursday 5 August 2010 at 22:41
Cool – found it the first place I looked. We used Truro when we sang it here. However, the emphasis in the first line of the first four verses falls on the first word, and this tune rushes you through the second syllable into the third, and so does not quite do the job. As I say, I will review some other L.M. tunes and let you know if I have any more suggestions.
Jeremy Walker
Thursday 5 August 2010 at 22:46