[Let me walk in the path which my Savior hath trod]

[Let me walk in the path which my Savior hath trod]

Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers
Published in 6 hymnals


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Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers

Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Let me walk in the path which my Savior hath trod]
Composer: Andrew Linnaeus Byers
Meter: 12.9.12.9.6.6.12.9
Incipit: 55545 32117 65555
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

My Heart's Desire

Let me walk in the path which my Savior hath trod,
Let me follow so close by His side;
For by trusting in Him I am happy and free,
In the fold of His love let me hide.

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