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[If we walk in the light of our Savior and Friend]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Incipit: 34555 54565 45432

Author: A. P. Cobb Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend Refrain First Line: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend Lyrics: 1 If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend, I we walk, in the light; There are pleasures in Jesus that never can end, I we walk, in the light. Chorus: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend, Then our song cannot cease and our bliss cannot end, I we walk, in the light, I we walk, in the light of God. 2 There’ll be fellowship sweet with the friends of our Lord, I we walk, in the light; And a bliss that earth’s pleasures can never afford, I we walk, in the light. [Chorus] 3 And the song of redemption on earth shall begin, I we walk, in the light; For the blood of our Saviour shall cleanse from all sin, I we walk, in the light. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend]

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If We Walk in the Light

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: Gems and Jewels #86 (1890) First Line: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend Refrain First Line: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend Lyrics: 1 If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend, I we walk, in the light; There are pleasures in Jesus that never can end, I we walk, in the light. Chorus: If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend, Then our song cannot cease and our bliss cannot end, I we walk, in the light, I we walk, in the light of God. 2 There’ll be fellowship sweet with the friends of our Lord, I we walk, in the light; And a bliss that earth’s pleasures can never afford, I we walk, in the light. [Chorus] 3 And the song of redemption on earth shall begin, I we walk, in the light; For the blood of our Saviour shall cleanse from all sin, I we walk, in the light. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend]

If We Walk in the Light

Author: A. P. Cobb Hymnal: Golden Grain #48 (1894) First Line: If we walk in the light of our Savior and Friend Refrain First Line: If we walk in the light of our Savior and Friend Languages: English Tune Title: [If we walk in the light of our Savior and Friend]

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Composer of "[If we walk in the light of our Saviour and Friend]" in Gems and Jewels James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry

Abner P. Cobb

1853 - 1923 Person Name: A. P. Cobb Author of "If We Walk in the Light" in Gems and Jewels Born: October 27, 1853, Wooster, Ohio. Died: February 11, 1923. Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois. Cobb’s family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a machinist. He graduated from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, in 1878, and pastored in Normal, Washburn, Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Covington, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas. He was also an active evangelist, attending meetings in Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, and other major cities. --www.hymntime.com/tch/