One day at a time the Master will lead

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One day at a time the Master will lead

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [One day at a time the Master will lead]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 One day at a time the Master will lead,
One day at a time is all that we need,
One day at a time His promise to plead,
One day at a time is sufficient.

Refrain:
One day at a time
Our pathway we take,
Till some day, eternal day light shall break.
One day at a time,
Till shadows shall flee,
And days shall be one long eternity.

2 One day at a time duties we meet,
One day at a time our foes we defeat,
One day at a time our work we complete,
One day at a time is sufficient. [Refrain]

3 One day at a time our burdens we bear,
One day at a time our crosses we wear,
One day at a time our sorrow we share,
One day at a time is sufficient. [Refrain]

4 One day at a time we patiently plod
While walking the path our Master has trod,
Until we shall reach the home of our God,
One day at a time is sufficient. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #184

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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