Hymns, #799

Study of the Word - The Function of the Word

Eng/Kor:799  Chin:579  Span:339  Rus:484  Tag:799  Fra:-  Por:364

Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:Lowell Mason
Meter:10.10.10.10.

Hymn using same tune: #693

 
 1 

All Scripture is the very breath of God,

And by His Spirit into words was breathed;

By godly men the words were written down,

With all God's fulness unto man bequeathed.

 
 2 

It is the breath of God as light to man,

With rays divine man to illuminate;

It shines in darkness and to man reveals

What is his truest need and actual state.

 
 3 

It is the breath of God as life to man,

Nature divine to man it doth impart;

The dead it quickens and regenerates,

Transforms the soul-life and renews the heart.

 
 4 

It is the breath of God as wisdom too,

Knowledge divine to man it has to teach;

Th' eternal purpose of the Lord it shows,

And leadeth man God's final goal to reach.

 
 5 

It is the breath of God as strength to man,

Power divine to man it doth transmit,

Strength'ning the weak, empowering the faint,

Enabling man God's purpose full to fit.

 
 6 

It is the breath of God for us to breathe,

That as our portion God we may enjoy;

Receiving it by spirits exercised,

Our need is met, His wealth we may employ.

 
Hymn #799