Scripture Verse

If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

Introduction

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Mattie M. Boteler (1860–1929)

Words: Mat­tie M. Bo­te­ler, in Ep­worth Prais­es (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Ep­worth League, 1909), num­ber 147.

Music: Charles H. Ga­bri­el (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

As we take our earth­ly jour­ney,
There’s a path of joy and love,
Where the Sav­ior sheds
His smile from day to day;
And the ones who ful­ly trust Him,
Tho’ the clouds hang dark above,
Will be walk­ing in the sun­light all the way.

Refrain

In the sun­light, in the sun­light!
If we walk in faith be­liev­ing ev­ery day;
In the sun­light, in the sun­light!
We’ll be walk­ing in the sunl­ight all the way.

Refrain

Oft we jour­ney on dis­cour­aged,
Over many a wea­ry mile,
Just be­cause we fail
To catch love’s beam­ing ray,
When we might have Christ the Mas­ter
Our com­pan­ion all the while,
And be walk­ing in the sun­light all the way.

Refrain

Tho’ the light of sin and fol­ly
May the care­less feet al­lure,
Yet their plea­sures soon
Are spent and pass away
But the saved have joys abound­ing
That for­ev­er­more en­dure
And are walk­ing in the sun­light all the way.

Refrain

When this life on earth is end­ed,
And before our rap­tured sight,
There shall dawn the gleam
Of Heav’n’s eter­nal day;
Thro’ that fair and ho­ly ci­ty,
Where there comes no shade of night,
We’ll be walk­ing in the sun­light all the way.

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