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Every Step of the Way

Representative Text

1 As you journey along o’er the highway of life,
If you’d safely be led day by day,
Follow Jesus your Guide and keep close to his side,
He will lead every step of the way.

Refrain:
He will lead every step of the way!
Yes, he’ll lead every step of the way!
Follow Jesus your Guide, and keep close to his side,
He will lead every step of the way.

2 For yourself do not choose or the way you will lose,
Ask of One who is near day by day,
In temptation’s dark hour he will arm you with pow’r,
He will lead every step of the way. [Refrain]

3 In the work that you do O be earnest and true,
Seek the strength that can never delay,
He is safe who depends on the surest of friends,
Who will lead every step of the way. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two #41

Author: Alice Jean Cleator

Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: As you journey along over the highway of life
Title: Every Step of the Way
Author: Alice Jean Cleator (1908)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He will lead every step of the way
Copyright: Public Domain

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