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The path of the just is as a shining light (Lillenas)

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [The path of the just is as a shining light] (Lillenas)
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1 The path of the just is as a shining light,
That shineth more and more unto the perfect day;
Since I have been saved all my journey has been bright,
And it is growing brighter all the way.

Refrain:
Brighter ev’ry day, better all the way,
My path is growing brighter and better ev’ry day;
Brighter ev’ry day, heaven on the way,
My path is growing brighter ev’ry day.

2 The way may be narrow, but delightful still,
I have communion sweet, for Jesus talks with me;
I find sweet contentment to do His blessed will,
And joy for time and all eternity. [Refrain]

3 The way may be long, but at the end I see
The lights of heaven shine, where flows the crystal stream;
So as I press onward the shadows break and flee,
And just ahead I see the sunlight’s gleam. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #17

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	The path of the just is as a shining light (Lillenas)
Title:	Brighter and Better
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Brighter every day, better all the way
Publication Date:	1917
Copyright:	Public Domain