| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Fullness of the Bible | | By H. J. Betts |
| | | THERE is a lamp whose steady light | |
| Guides the poor traveller in the night:— | |
| ’Tis God’s own word! Its beaming ray | |
| Can turn a midnight into day. | |
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| There is a storehouse of rich fare, | 5 |
| Supplied with plenty and to spare:— | |
| ’Tis God’s own word! it spreads a feast | |
| For every hungering, thirsting guest. | |
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| There is a chart whose tracings show | |
| The onward course when tempests blow:— | 10 |
| ’Tis God’s own word! There, there is found | |
| Direction for the homeward bound. | |
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| There is a tree whose leaves impart | |
| Health to the burdened, contrite heart:— | |
| ’Tis God’s own word! It cures of sin, | 15 |
| And makes the guilty conscience clean. | |
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| Give me this lamp to light my road; | |
| This storehouse for my daily food; | |
| Give me this chart for life’s rough sea; | |
| These healing leaves, this heavenly tree. | 20 | | | |
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