Welcome to the 148th Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!
I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).
I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).
I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.
I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.
The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"
I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.
Today's featured hymn is "Holy Bible, Book Divine" and the author is John Burton. This author was born and died in England. He was a Baptist Sunday School teacher who compiled a hymnal which was originally published in 1812. There were 43 of his own hymns included in that published hymnal.
I need to clarify something about the lyrics and meaning of this hymn. Last year in 2025 I did a three part series on "God's Word" where I did an in-depth study on what the Bible says about God's Word. What I discovered was very surprising. While I still believe that the Bible is inspired by God and that it quotes God's Word, but I now no longer believe that it is to be worshiped as God Himself. What I found out from my study is that God's Word is inside of us - it is in our hearts. Also, I found out that God's Word is forever established in heaven and NOT forever established in written form in our paper Bibles.
Please take the time to read through all three parts and please research your own Bible to confirm that God's Word is inside of us and stands firm forever in heaven.
Click HERE to view Part#1 "God's Word Is In Our Heart"
Click HERE to view Part#2 "God's Word Dos & Don'ts"
Click HERE to view Part#3 "God's Word Is........."
I have included two videos of this hymn after the lyrics below. The melodies of these two videos are a little different and the lyrics are just a bit different in the second video.
Enjoy!
Turn with me to number 435 in your hymnals and let's sing:
Holy Bible, Book Divine
written by John Burton (1773-1822) & composed by William B. Bradbury (1816-1868)
1. Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine; Mine to tell me whence I came; Mine to teach me what I am;
2. Mine to chide me when I rove; Mine to show a Savior's love; Mine thou art to guide and guard; Mine to punish or reward;
3. Mine to comfort in distress, Suffering in this wilderness; Mine to show by living faith, Man can triumph over death;
4. Mine to tell of joys to come, And the rebel sinner's doom; O thou holy book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine.
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