Thy Word is Like A Garden

 

Thy Word is like a garden, Lord, with flowers bright and fair;

And every one who seeks may pluck a lovely cluster there.

Thy Word is like a deep, deep mine; and jewels rich and rare

Are hidden in its mighty depths for every searcher there.

Thy Word is like a starry host: a thousand rays of light

Are seen to guide the traveler and make his pathway bright.

Thy Word is like an armory, where soldiers may repair;

And find, for life’s long battle day, all needful weapons there.

O may I love Thy precious Word, may I explore the mine,

May I its fragrant flowers glean, may light upon me shine!

O may I find my armor there! Thy Word my trusty sword,

I’ll learn to fight with every foe the battle of the Lord.

Words: Edwin Hodder The New Sunday School Hymn Book, 1863.

Music: “Bethlehem,” Gottfried Wilhelm Fink

 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path

Thy word have I hid in my heart

That I might learn from thee

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