Walking as the Spirit Leads

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Let my steps be light and free

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [Let my steps be light and free]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Let my steps be light and free,
Walking as the Spirit leads,
Blessed joy and liberty,
Walking as the Spirit leads.

Refrain:
Day by day, come what may,
Grace abounding, for my needs;
Strength to stay, all the way,
Walking as the Spirit leads.

2 In His Word, a guiding light;
Walking as the Spirit leads,
Starry beams for ev’ry night,
Walking as the Spirit leads. [Refrain]

3 Teaching me the Father’s will,
Walking as the Spirit leads,
Helping me to do it still
Walking as the Spirit leads. [Refrain]

4 Now am I God’s happy child,
Walking as the Spirit leads,
Pardoned, cleansed and reconciled
Walking as the Spirit leads. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Sovereign Grace #47

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Author: E. E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Let my steps be light and free
Title:	Walking as the Spirit Leads
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Day by day, come what may
Publication Date:	1897
Copyright:	Public Domain