Thank God for an Open Bible
Thank God for an open Bible,
Thank God for the men so true -
Wycliffe, Tyndale and Cranmer,
And a host of others too;
Some of them poor and humble.
Yet each one bearing a part
In that grand Reformation
Which reached old England's heart;
Driving away her darkness,
Opening her eyes to see
The errors that had bound her,
And the way to liberty.
 Thank God for an open Bible!
Shall we not firmly hold
The precious truths they stood for,
Those martyr-saints of old?
Though dead they yet are speaking,
My friends, to you and me -
"We died to disperse the darkness,
We died to make men free.
Hold fast the truths we bought you,
Through flood and flame and sword;
Use well your open Bible,
The LIVING WORD OF GOD".

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