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The Life, the Truth, the Way

Representative Text

1 Do we want to go to heav'n
Land of endless day?
Here's the light that He has given
Jesus is the Way.

Chorus:
Jesus is the Way,
The Truth and the Life;
He will bring us safely
Home to God.

2 Would we grace and wisdom find
In our early youth?
Let the Savior guide our minds,
Jesus is the Truth. [Chorus]

3 Would we live eernally,
Far from sin and strife?
Christ from death can set us free--
Jesus is the Life. [Chorus]

Source: Little Branches No. 2: a collection of songs prepared especially for the primary and infant deparments of the sunday school #15

Author: Ida M. Budd

Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Do we want to go to heaven
Title: The Life, the Truth, the Way
Author: Ida M. Budd
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Jesus is the Way, The Truth and the Life
Copyright: Public Domain

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