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[They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lucie E. Campbell Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 54651 Used With Text: Footprints of Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed Refrain First Line: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way Lyrics: Refrain: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way, Footprints of Jesus, by night and by day; Sure if I follow, life will be sweet! Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. 1 They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed; They led to Gethsemane there's where He prayed; They led to Calvary, salvation complete, Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 2 Once I was lost and He heard my cry; He left His Father's mansion on high; He took my burden, and now I can sing "Glory to God, I'm a child of the King." [Refrain] 3 Daniel saw in Him a great rolling stone; Isaiah saw Him tread the winepress alone; If we some day our dear Savior would meet, Follow the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 4 That's how I know Him, that's why I say, Jesus is leading me, all the way; I shall reach Heaven's portals so sweet, Led by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] Topics: Choir Selections; Commitment; Discipleship; Gospel Songs; Guidance; Solos Used With Tune: [They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed]

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Footprints of Jesus

Author: L. E. C. Hymnal: Songs of Zion #200 (1981) First Line: They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed Refrain First Line: Footprint of Jesus, leading the way Lyrics: Refrain: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way, Footprints of Jesus, by night and by day; Sure if I follow, life will be sweet! Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. 1 They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed; They led to Gethsemane, there's where He prayed; They led to Calvary, salvation complete, Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 2 Once I was lost and He heard my cry; He left His Father's mansion on high; He took my burden, and now I can sing, "Glory to God, I'm a child of the King." [Refrain] 3 Daniel saw in Him a great rolling stone; Isaiah saw Him tread the wine-press alone; If we some day our dear Savior would meet, Follow the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 4 That's how I know Him, that's why I say, Jesus is leading me, all the way; I shall reach Heaven's portals so sweet, Led by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] Topics: Gospel Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed]

Footprints of Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #230 (2001) First Line: They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed Refrain First Line: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way Lyrics: Refrain: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way, Footprints of Jesus, by night and by day; Sure if I follow, life will be sweet! Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. 1 They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed; They led to Gethsemane there's where He prayed; They led to Calvary, salvation complete, Saved by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 2 Once I was lost and He heard my cry; He left His Father's mansion on high; He took my burden, and now I can sing "Glory to God, I'm a child of the King." [Refrain] 3 Daniel saw in Him a great rolling stone; Isaiah saw Him tread the winepress alone; If we some day our dear Savior would meet, Follow the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] 4 That's how I know Him, that's why I say, Jesus is leading me, all the way; I shall reach Heaven's portals so sweet, Led by the prints of His wounded feet. [Refrain] Topics: Choir Selections; Commitment; Discipleship; Gospel Songs; Guidance; Solos Languages: English Tune Title: [They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed]

Footprints of Jesus

Author: L. E. C. Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal #113 (1977) First Line: They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed Refrain First Line: Footprints of Jesus, leading the way Languages: English Tune Title: [They led to Bethany, there's where He stayed]

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Lucie Eddie Campbell

1885 - 1963 Person Name: L. E. C. Author of "Footprints of Jesus" in The New National Baptist Hymnal Lucie Eddie Campbell, April 30, 1885–January 3, 1963, one of nine children born to parents who were slaves in Mississippi. She moved to Memphis with her mother after her father died when she was two years old. Became first Music Director of newly formed Education arm for the new National Baptist Convention formed in 1916 in Memphis. In 1919 at a NBC convention in Atlantic City, Campbell introduced a young, blind singer, Connie Rosemond, who electrified the delegates with his rendition of Campbell’s first gospel hymn, “Something Within.” Campbell met Rosemond on the famous Beale St in Memphis. She heard a man betting $10 that he could make the blind youngster “get down in the alley” an expression for singing the blues. The young man refused to sing, saying I’m trying to be a Christian in this dark world, and I believe I have found a way out of this darkness into light. I can’t explain it, but there’s something within me. His words inspired Lucy Campbell to write her first song, Something Within, which was the first gospel hymn written by a black woman. At this same convention in 1919, Campbell introduced singer Marion Anderson to the world as she accompanied her. Anderson would go to become a world-renowned classical contralto singer. Lucie Campbell was also good friends with Thomas A Dorsey, who wrote Peace in the Valley and Precious Lord, Take My Hand, was the first African American inducted into the Gospel Music H.O.F. Jim Westmoreland from "Lucie E. Campbell: Baptist Composer and Educator," by Luvenia A. George and Ada Gilkey in The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 24-49.