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Morris wrote down the words and music and published the song “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” that year, 1940, adding a few lyrics of his own to provide more breadth. Within two years the song became a standard in gospel music, eventually becoming a standard in Jazz, and then moving into the realm of American folk music, known and sung by ...
Kenneth Morris (August 28, 1917 – February 1, 1989) [1] was an African American composer of gospel music and publisher who popularized several songs, including "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Morris was born in New York in 1917 and performed in church as a youth before becoming a professional jazz musician.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende ...
The suggested tempo range (in beats per minute) is given, along with an indication of the appropriate mood for the song such as "joyfully," "reflectively," "with vigor," etc. Beneath the hymn are listed the author and composer and their years of birth and death (if applicable), copyright information, and scriptural references.
be the Guardian of our way; keep Thy flock, from sin defend us, seek us when we go astray: || Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus, hear, O hear us when we pray; || Thou hast promised to receive us, Poor and sinful though we be; Thou hast mercy to relieve us, Grace to cleanse and pow'r to free: || Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus, early let us turn to Thee ||
And be closer drawn to Thee. Refrain: Draw me nearer, nearer blessèd Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died. Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessèd Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the power of grace divine; Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine. Refrain
Concordia: a collection of hymns and spiritual songs (1918) [330] Young People's Luther League Convention Song Book [331] [332] The Parish School Hymnal (1926) [333] [334] The Primary Hymn Book, Hymns and Songs for Little Children (1936) [335] United Lutheran Church in America. Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church with Hymnal (1917) [286]
It must have become popular, in the manner of a folk-song, because it was recorded in 1839 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben in the district of Glaz in Silesia. With Ernst Friedrich Richter, Hoffmann von Fallersleben edited a collection of Silesian folk-songs, Schlesische Volkslieder, in which the hymn appeared with its matching tune ...