Text:I Would Be Like Jesus
Author:James Rowe (1865-1933)
Tune:[Earthly pleasures vainly call me; I would be like Jesus]
Composer:B. D. Ackley (1872-1958)

311. I Would Be Like Jesus

1 Earthly pleasures vainly call me;
I would be like Jesus;
Nothing worldly shall enthrall me;
I would be like Jesus.

Refrain
Be like Jesus, this my song,
In the home and in the throng;
Be like Jesus, all day long!
I would be like Jesus.

2 He has broken every fetter,
I would be like Jesus;
That my soul may serve Him better,
I would be like Jesus. [Refrain]

3 All the way from earth to glory,
I would be like Jesus;
Telling o’er and o’er the story,
I would be like Jesus. [Refrain]

4 That in Heaven He may meet me,
I would be like Jesus;
That His words “Well done” may greet me,
I would be like Jesus. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Earthly pleasures vainly call me; I would be like Jesus
Title: I Would Be Like Jesus
Author: James Rowe (1865-1933)
Refrain First Line: Be like Jesus, this my song, Inthe home and in the throng;
Meter: C.M.Ref.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Gospel: Consecration
Copyright: Copyright 1912 by Hope Publishing Co., © renewed 1940, The Rodeheaver Co. (A Div. of Word, Inc.). All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: [Earthly pleasures vainly call me; I would be like Jesus]
Composer: B. D. Ackley (1872-1958)
Meter: C.M.Ref.
Incipit: 33223 32151 21174
Key: G Major or modal



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