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Following Him

Following Jesus day by day, Following Him, His will obey

Author: Charles M. Fillmore
Tune: [Following Jesus, day by day] (Fillmore)
Published in 6 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Representative Text

1 Following Jesus day by day,
Following Him—His will obey,
Following Him, I cannot stray,
I’ll follow Him all the way.

Refrain:
Following Him, following Him,
Following Him by night and by day;
Following Him, following Him,
I’ll follow Him all the way.

2 Following Him through all the night,
Following Him into the light,
Following Him, ’tis always right,
I’ll follow Him all the way. [Refrain]

3 Following Him through joy or woe,
Following Him, in grace to grow,
Following Him, His love to know,
I’ll follow Him all the way. [Refrain]

Jewels for Juniors, 1911 (Timeless Truths)

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Author: Charles M. Fillmore

Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: Ju­ly 15, 1860, Par­is, Il­li­nois. Died: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1952, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. Fillmore won a mu­sic schol­ar­ship at the Cin­cin­na­ti Coll­ege of Mu­sic, then taught for a year at Bath Sem­in­a­ry in Ow­ings­ville, Ken­tucky. He then tra­veled for about a year and taught sing­ing class­es in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. He then went for ad­di­tion­al mu­sic stu­dies in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He stu­died for the min­is­try at But­ler Un­i­ver­si­ty in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na, grad­u­at­ing in 1890. He pas­tored in La­fay­ette, In­di­a­na; Shel­by­ville, In­di­a­na; was "State Evan­gel­ist" (for on… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Following Jesus day by day, Following Him, His will obey
Title: Following Him
Author: Charles M. Fillmore
Meter: 8.8.8.7.8.9.8.7
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Following Him, following Him
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeless Truths #284

Timeless Truths #284
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