CHRISTIAN LIFE >> PILGRIMAGE
SDAH 624
I want Jesus to walk with me.
I want Jesus to walk with me.
All along my pilgrim journey,
I want Jesus to walk with me.
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This seems to be one of those spirituals created in later years, since it does not appear in any of the staandward collections of spirituals. The first printing in a songbook was in the 1956 The Youth Hymnary, compiled by Lester Hostetler, Newton, Kansas, for the General Conference of Menonites. The words of this prayerful song recall 1 John 2:6, “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” Also, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death… thou art with me” (Ps. 23:4).
Eurydice Osterman (1950-; see SDAH 536), a teacher at Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, was requested by Alma Blackmon, a member of the Hymnal Committee for SDAH, to make this spiritual arrangement. Her original tune in SDAH is No. 536, HENISEE.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
1
I want Jesus to walk with me.
(walk with me)
I want Jesus to walk with me.
(walk with me)
All along my pilgrim journey,
I want Jesus to walk with me.
(walk with me)
2
In my trials, Lord walk with me.
(walk with me)
In my trials, Lord walk with me.
(walk with me)
When the shades of life are falling,
I want Jesus to walk with me.
(walk with me)
3
In my sorrows, Lord walk with me.
(walk with me)
In my sorrows, Lord walk with me.
(walk with me)
When my heart within is aching,
I want Jesus to walk with me.
(walk with me)
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(r) 1 John 2:6
Text Source
American Negro Spiritual
Copyright
Arrangement copyright 1984 by Eurydice Osterman. Used by permission.
Metrical Number
L.M.
Arranged
Eurydice Osterman, 1984 (1950-)
