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%OHSCRIP 1Pt 2:21, Jn 13:15, Jn 11:16, Eph 5:1-2
%OHTOPICS {Anticipation}, {Aspiration}, {Christian Life}, {Church on Earth (Church Militant)}, {Discipleship}, {Example, Christ's}, {Following Jesus, In Action}, {Following Jesus, In Faith}, {Following Jesus, Sanctification}, {Holiness}, {Jesus}, {Obedience}, {Presence}, {Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)}, {Temperance & Moral Reform (see also Law)}
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%OHMETRICAL 8 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 7
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%OHCOMPOSER Boltze, Gabriel Gottlieb (1721-1794)
%OHARRANGER unknown
%OHAUTHOR Birken, Sigmund von (1626-1681)
%OHTRANSLATOR Rimbach, J. Adam (1871-1941)
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T: Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus
C: Words: Sigmund von Birken, 1652.  Translated by J. Adam Rimbach, 1900.
C: Music: 'Lasset Uns Mit Jesu Ziehen (Boltze)' or 'Walk With Jesus' or 'Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus'
C: Gabriel Gottlieb Boltze, 1788.  Setting: "The American Lutheran Hymnal", 1930.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2026 Revision.
S: Music source: "The American Lutheran Hymnal", 1930 Hymn 220
S: Lyrics source: from The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal, 1942  https://www.projectwittenberg.org/etext/hymnals/tlh/ever_walk.txt  Note that the text of this hymn from the Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal is available on Project Wittenberg, operated by the Walther Library of Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne and the text is listed as public domain.  
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[V: S1V1] [Q:1/4=100] A D E F | G F E E | D E F G | F E D2 | 
w: 1.~Let us e- ver walk with Je- sus, Fol- low His e- xam- ple pure, 
w: 2.~Let us suf- fer here with Je- sus, To His i- mage, e'er con- form; 
w: 3.~Let us al- so die with Je- sus. His death from the se- cond death, 
w: 4.~Let us glad- ly live with Je- sus; Since He's ri- sen from the dead, 
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[V: S1V1] A D E F | G F E E | D E F G | F E D2 | 
w: Flee the world, which would de- ceive us And to sin our souls al- lure. 
w: Hea- ven's glo- ry soon will please us, Sun- shine fol- low on the storm. 
w: From our soul's de- struc- tion, frees us, Qui- ckens us with life's glad breath. 
w: Death and grave must soon re- lease us. Je- sus, Thou art now our Head, 
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[V: S1V1]  A A d c | B B c A | B A G F | E D E2 | 
w: E- ver in His foot- steps trea- ding, Bo- dy here, yet soul a- bove, 
w: Though we sow in tears of sor- row, We shall reap with heav'n- ly joy; 
w: Let us mor- ti- fy, while li- ving, Flesh and blood and die to sin; 
w: We are tru- ly Thine own mem- bers; Where Thou li- vest, there live we. 
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[V: S1V1]  A F B A | G F E2 | A A d c | B B c A | 
w: Full of faith and hope and love, Let us do the Fa- ther's bid- ding. 
w: And the fears that now an- noy Shall be lau- ghter on the mor- row. 
w: And the grave that shuts us in Shall but prove the gate to hea- ven. 
w: Take and own us con- stant- ly, Faith- ful Friend, as Thy dear bre- thren. 
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w: Faith- ful Lord, a- bide with me; Sa- vior, lead, I fol- low Thee. 
w: Christ, I suf- fer here with Thee; There, oh, share Thy joy with me! 
w: Je- sus, here I die to Thee There to live e- ter- nal- ly. 
w: Je- sus, here I live to Thee, Al- so there e- ter- nal- ly. 
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