Every Little Step I Take

Every little step I take My Savior knows

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [Every little step I take] (Towner)
Published in 8 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Ev’ry little step I take,
My Saviour knows.
Watching near for love’s dear sake,
My Saviour knows.
When I sin and disobey,
Or when I forget to pray,
All I think of day by day,
My Saviour knows.

Refrain:
The Saviour knows, He watches near;
My whisper low, He bends to hear;
He knows my heart, He knows my way;
O let me please Him day by day.

2 When my heart is very glad,
My Saviour knows.
When I’m troubled, when I’m sad,
My Saviour knows.
In my work and at my play,
Jesus hears whate’er I say;
Ev’ry deed along the way,
My Saviour knows. [Refrain]

3 I am timid, weak, and small,
My Saviour knows.
How to help me when I fall,
My Saviour knows.
Jesus holds me by the hand,
Bids me follow His command;
What I do not understand,
My Saviour knows. [Refrain]

Source: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #237

Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. 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 >

Text Information

First Line: Every little step I take My Savior knows
Title: Every Little Step I Take
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The Savior knows, He watches
Copyright: Public Domain

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Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #237

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Standard Songs. Special ed. #d26

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #d34

The Friends' Hymnal #d127

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #135

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Winnogiene Songs #d3

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