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Text:To Be Like Him
Author:Lee Roy Ooton
Tune:[From Beth­l’hem’s man­ger]
Composer:Lee Roy Ooton
Media:MIDI file

16420. To Be Like Him

1 From Beth­l’hem’s man­ger
Came forth a strang­er,
On earth I long to be like Him.
My faith­ful Sav­or,
How rich His fa­vor!
On earth I long to be like Him.

Refrain:
To be like Je­sus, to be like Je­sus,
On earth I long to be like Him;
All thru life’s jour­ney
From earth to glo­ry,
I on­ly ask to be like Him.

2 Serene and ho­ly,
Obedient, low­ly
On earth I long to be like Him.
By grace for­giv­en,
An heir of Heav­en,
I on­ly ask to be like Him. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: From Beth­l’hem’s man­ger
Title: To Be Like Him
Author: Lee Roy Ooton (1923)
Refrain First Line: To be like Je­sus, to be like Je­sus
Language: English
Source: Pentecostal Jewels (St. Louis: Pentecostal Publishing House, 1945)
Tune Information
Name: [From Beth­l’hem’s man­ger]
Composer: Lee Roy Ooton
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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