I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light

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I want to walk as a child of the light

Author: Kathleen Thomerson
Tune: HOUSTON (Thomerson)
ONE LICENSE: 00361
Published in 40 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Twenty Hymn Introductions for Organ

Choral
	I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light

Instrumental
	Twentieth Century Hymn Tune Settings

Representative Text

1 I want to walk as a child of the light.
I want to follow Jesus.
God set the stars to give light to the world.
The star of my life is Jesus.

Refrain:
In him there is no darkness at all.
The night and the day are both alike.
The Lamb is the light of the city of God.
Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.

2 I want to see the brightness of God.
I want to look at Jesus.
Clear sun of righteousness, shine on my path,
and show me the way to the Father. [Refrain]

3 I'm looking for the coming of Christ.
I want to be with Jesus.
When we have run with patience the race,
we shall know the joy of Jesus. [Refrain]

Source: The Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #490

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Author: Kathleen Thomerson

Kathleen Thomerson is Organist and Music Director at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Mississippi, California, and Texas. College music study was at the Universities of Colorado and Texas, the Flemish Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, and privately in Paris. Before retirement in Austin, she lived in Collinsville, Illinois, when her husband was a biology professor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Her best-known hymn text is "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light," set to her hymn tune HOUSTON. --www.morningstarmusic.com Go to person page >

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Related Texts

First Line:	I want to walk as a child of the light
Title:	I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Author:	Kathleen Thomerson
Meter:	10.7.10.8.9.9.10.7
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	In him there is no darkness at all
Copyright:	© 1970, 1975 Celebration (admin by The Copyright Company)