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Walking With the Savior

Author: M. Lowrie Hofford Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: Are you walking with the Savior, In the true and living way? Refrain First Line: Are you walking with the Savior

[Are you walking with the Savior]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. A. Ogden Incipit: 12332 34434 56532 Used With Text: Walking With the Savior

[Are you walking with the Saviour]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Kissinger Incipit: 34517 65323 46543 Used With Text: Are You Walking with the Saviour?

[Are you walking with the Savior]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. S. Turley Incipit: 34555 56535 12176 Used With Text: Are You Walking With the Savior?

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Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Honey Out of the Rock #128 (1894) First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Refrain First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Lyrics: 1 Are you walking with the Savior, In the true and living way? Is the meek and lowly Jesus Your companion ev’ry day? Is your life that consecration To the cause of Him you love, Which would give you consolation, Looking at it from above? Refrain: Are you walking with the Savior, In the true and living way? Is the meek and lowly Jesus Your companion ev’ry day? 2 Are you walking with the Savior, Are you daily doing good? Is your light around you burning Just as brightly as it should? Are the poor in cottage lowly, And the stranger by the way, Ever blest with words of kindness Which in love they’ve heard you say? [Refrain] 3 Are you walking with the Savior, Does your heart within you burn, While the sweetness of compassion From His loving lips you learn? Do you wish that at the ev’ning, When the twilight shadows fall, That the Savior would be with you, And obedient to your call? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you walking with the Savior]

Are You Walking With the Savior?

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Apples of Gold #88 (1890) First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Refrain First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you walking with the Savior]

Walking With the Savior

Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: The New Song #40 (1891) First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Refrain First Line: Are you walking with the Savior Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you walking with the Savior]

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W. A. Ogden

1841 - 1897 Composer of "[Are you walking with the Savior]" in Beautiful Songs; a new and choice collection of songs for the sunday school. Also, a responsive service for each month in the year William Augustine Ogden USA 1841-1897. Born at Franklin County, OH, his family moved to IN when he was age six. He studied music in local singing schools at age 8, and by age 10 could read church music fairly well. Later, he could write out a melody by hearing it sung or played. He enlisted in the American Civil War in the 30th IN Volunteer Infantry. During the war he organized a male choir which became well known throughout the Army of the Cumberland. After the war, he returned home, resumed music study, and taught school. He married Jennie V Headington, and they had two children: Lowell and Marian. He worked for the Iowa Normal School, Toledo Public School System. Among his teachers: Lowell Mason, Thomas Hastings, E E Baily and B F Baker, president of the Boston Music School. He wrote many hymns, both lyrics and/or music. He later issued his first song book, “The silver song” (1870). It became quite popular, selling 500,000 copies. He went on to publish other song books. Ogden also taught music at many schools in the U S and Canada. In 1887 he became superintendent of music in the public schools of Toledo, OH. His works include: “New silver songs for Sunday school” (1872), “Crown of life” (1875), “Notes of victory” (1885), “The way of life” (1886), “Gathering jewels” (1886). He was known as a very enthusiastic person in his work and a very congenial one as well. He died at Toledo, OH. John Perry

M. Lowrie Hofford

1825 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Author of "Walking With the Savior" in Beautiful Songs; a new and choice collection of songs for the sunday school. Also, a responsive service for each month in the year Born: January 27, 1825, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Died: January 9, 1888, Trenton, New Jersey. Hofford attended Lafayette and Princeton, where he graduated in 1849. He studied theology at the Princeton seminary for a year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate institute. While there, he organized a church at Beverly, New Jersey, being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, he was ordained an evangelist in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1860, he began teaching at the Trenton Institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pennsylvania that was later incorporated as Muhlenberg College; he served there as a professor and later president. He taught and pastored at Camden and Beverly, New Jersey, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1868-78), then became pastor at Morrisville, Pennsylvania. --www.hymntime.com/tch