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Hymns and Tunes 1886 192

Holy Bible! book divine!

Words: John Burton7s

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1Holy Bible! book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine;
Mine to tell me whence I came;
Mine to teach me what I am;

2Mine to chide me when I rove;
Mine to show a Saviour's love;
Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;

3Mine to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine to show by living faith,
Man can triumph over death;

4Mine to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner's doom;
O thou holy book divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine!

Meter
7s

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The verse

Meter
7.7.7.7 · as printed
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 84% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC

Could also be sung to Llanfair, Seymour, Alletta, Durham, Hart · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Holy Bible! book divine!/˘/˘/˘/7A
Precious treasure, thou art mine;/˘/˘///7A
Mine to tell me whence I came;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Mine to teach me what I am;/˘/˘˘˘˘7C

Verse 2

Mine to chide me when I rove;/˘/˘/˘/7A
Mine to show a Saviour's love;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Mine to comfort in distress,/˘/˘˘˘/7C
If the Holy Spirit bless;˘˘/˘/˘/7C

Verse 3

Mine to comfort in distress,/˘/˘˘˘/7A
If the Holy Spirit bless;˘˘/˘/˘/7A
Mine to show by living faith,/˘/˘/˘/7B
Man can triumph over death;/˘/˘/˘/7C

Verse 4

Mine to tell of joys to come,/˘/˘/˘/7A
And the rebel sinner's doom;˘˘/˘/˘/7B
O thou holy book divine,˘//˘/˘/7C
Precious treasure, thou art mine!/˘/˘///7C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.