Let me follow in the footprints

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So many would hinder me here

Author: J. R. Baxter
Tune: [So many would hinder me here]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 So many would hinder me here,
Cause me to doubt and fear;
I need the pray'rs of someone who cares
To help me to find the way.

Refrain:
Let me follow in the footprints of my Lord
That my soul may sometime gain the great reward,
Let me travel in the straight and narrow way
As the will of Christ, my Master, I obey;
Let me labor in the vineyard here below,
Help me spread the gospel message where I go,
With the purpose of my Savior I am in accord,
In the footprints of my Lord.

2 Don't tell me my faith is in vain,
Nothing in heav'n to gain;
Look at my plight and teach me aright
To help me to find the way. [Refrain]

3 The shadows of sin would make dim,
Glimpses I catch of Him
Who in the light that shines thru the night
To help me to find the way. [Refrain]

Source: Melodies of Love #106

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Author: J. R. Baxter

Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Mus… Go to person page >

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