I Am Rejoicing

Once I was walking in the by ways of sin

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Once I was walking in the byways of sin]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Once I was walking in the byways of sin
Jesus then led me to His fold;
Now I have peace that passeth knowledge within
And blessings many fold.

Refrain:
I am rejoicing; I am rejoicing,
I am rejoicing in Christ my King;
For He has sav’d me,
Daily He leads me,
While I His praises sing.

2 Gone is the darkness that enshrouded the day,
Jesus the Bright and Morning Star
Shineth with radiance on this heavenly way
And naught my peace can mar. [Refrain]

3 I am protected by an almighty arm,
Moment by moment, hour by hour;
Daily He keeps me so there cometh no harm,
I’m safe within His pow’r. [Refrain]

4 Bright is the pathway of the just here below,
But better things are still to be;
Wonderful values of an unbounded worth
For all eternity. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost No. 3 #28

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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First Line: Once I was walking in the by ways of sin
Title: I Am Rejoicing
Author: Haldor Lillenas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I am rejoicing, I am rejoicing
Copyright: Public Domain

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