Happy in the Lord

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Walking the old cross way

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Walking the old cross way, going to the realms of day]
Published in 1 hymnal

Representative Text

1 Walking the old cross way, going to realms of day,
singing of love and grace sublime;
Close to the Holy Dove, laying up wealth above,
Happy in Jesus all the time.

Chorus:
Happy in Jesus, all the way home,
Never again in sin would I roam;
Pardoned of inbred sin, hoping the crown to win,
Happy in Jesus, going home.

2 Nobody else can save sinners from earth and grave,
Nobody else can guide the soul;
Filling the spirit's seed, wonderful friend indeed,
Safely He leads me to the goal. [Chorus]

3 Angels and saints above, resting within his love,
Joyously worship and adore;
There I would praise my King, ever His praises sing,
Worship and love Him evermore. [Chorus]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #31

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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