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Worship — Holy Scriptures

A glory gilds the sacred page

  • No. 180
  • Words Wm. Cowper.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;
It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.

2

The Spirit breathes upon the word,
And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
A sanctifying light.

3

The hand that gave it, still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,
They rise, but never set.

4

Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display;
It makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «180» (large) with the reference line «227, 201, 546.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 227, 201 or 546); the hymn stands in the lower half of the left column of p. 63, below hymn 179, stanzas 1–4, «Wm. Cowper.» in italics at the end. The first words «A GLORY» are set as a capital A followed by «GLORY» in small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («sun ;», «sight ;», «heat ;», «display ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Holy Scriptures · No. 180 · printed page 63
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30