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Just A Closer Walk With Thee | Praise & Worship | Stanley Samuel | Saxophone | Artist

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Channel: Stanley Samuel - I Love The Sax (I Love The Sax) · 2015 · Music

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The precise author of "A Closer Walk" is unknown. Songs with similar chorus lyrics were published in the 1800s, including "Closer Walk with Thee" with lyrics by Martha J. Lankton and music by William Kirkpatrick, which was published in 1885. In 1940 Kenneth Morris arranged and published for the first time the well-known version after gospel musicians Robert Anderson and R.L. Knowles listened to William B. Hurse directed a performance of it in Kansas City and then brought it to Morris' attention. Morris added some new lyrics and a choral arrangement. In the 1940s, a boom of recordings covered the song in many genres, ranging from Southern gospel to jazz and brass bands.

Lyrics:
Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

I am weak, but Thou art strong,
Jesus, keep me from all wrong,
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more,
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom's shore, to Thy shore.


(C)(P) Stanley Samuel, March 2015.

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Background score from Pocket Songs For Praise & Worshop (C). 
Arranged, recorded and mixed by Stanley Samuel.

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