A glory in the word we find

"A glory in the word we find" is a nineteenth-century Christian hymn compiled specifically to praise and reflect upon the Holy Scriptures. It is structurally classified as a "cento," a literary work put together by combining various poetic fragments or stanzas from pre-existing sources.

The hymn as printed under the category 'Study of the Word' in a historic collection. Source: Hymnary.org

This composite lyric was first published as entry number 837 in John Campbell's Comprehensive Hymn Book, which was released in London in 1837. The piece is structured in four stanzas of four lines each.

A notable portion of this cento was adapted from the third edition of a collection compiled by William Winstanley Hull in 1833, where it originally appeared as hymn number 435.

While the hymn has remained largely unused in the common worship of Great Britain, it crossed the Atlantic and was adopted without alterations into a select number of nineteenth-century American hymnals, finding a modest place among congregations who appreciated its clear and focused adoration of the biblical text.