I Will Follow Thee

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Jesus, I will follow Thee, for I hear Thee calling me

Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman
Tune: GLENN
Published in 18 hymnals

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1 Jesus, I will follow thee,
For I hear thee calling me;
Loving, trusting, glad I come,
To let thee lead me home.

Chorus:
I will follow thee,
I will follow thee,
I will follow thee
Wherever thou dost lead.

2 Little eyes might lose the way,
Little feet might go astray;
I might weak and weary be,
But thou art strong for me. [Chorus]

3 Grief and want may be my foes,
Foolish sins my way oppose;
Full of courage I will be,
Whene'er I follow thee. [Chorus]

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #254

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Author: Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman

Pseudonym: Grace Glenn; Lucinda M. Beal Bateman lived in Ionia, Michigan. She wrote A book of rhymes to suit the times published about 1886 by N. Chapin & Son (Chicago); Gleams of gold published about 1889, and The prohibition speaker: a collection of readings, recitations, dialogues, tableux and songs for temperance and prohibition entertainments published in 1889 by Filmore Bros. (Cincinnati). She married Zadoc Henry Bateman in 1875. They had one daughter, Grace. Dianne Shapiro, from "A book of rhymes to suit the times" and "The Genealogy of Dennis Bowen Caskey and Michelle Lynn Smith" (caskey-family.com/genhome, retrieved 7-1-2018) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jesus, I will follow Thee, for I hear Thee calling me
Title:	I Will Follow Thee
Author:	Mrs. L. M. Beal Bateman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I will follow thee
Notes:	Spanish translation: "Cristo yo te seguiré" by Anonymous
Copyright:	Public Domain