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[Let me walk closer to my Lord]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. M. DeVaughan Hymnal Title: Peaceful Echoes Used With Text: Let Me Walk Close to Him

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Grateful Praise First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Refrain First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Used With Tune: [Let me walk closer to my Lord]

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Let Me Walk Close to Him

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Grateful Praise #9 (1944) Hymnal Title: Grateful Praise First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Refrain First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [Let me walk closer to my Lord]

Let Me Walk Close to Him

Author: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal: Peaceful Echoes #0 (1948) Hymnal Title: Peaceful Echoes First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Refrain First Line: Let me walk closer to my Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [Let me walk closer to my Lord]

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J. R. Baxter

1887 - 1960 Person Name: J. R. Baxter, Jr. Hymnal Title: Grateful Praise Author of "Let Me Walk Close to Him" in Grateful Praise Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. Lyrics-- After the Sunrise Farther Along God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (© 1940) He Bore It All I Have Peace in My Soul I Hold His Hand (© 1929) I Love My Savior, Too I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim I’m Living in Canaan Now Living Grace Praise the Lamb of God Something Happens Travel the Sunlit Way Try Jesus When He Blessed My Soul When We Meet to Part No More © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)