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![]() | I want to walk as a child of the lightAuthor: Kathleen ThomersonTune: HOUSTON (Thomerson) Published in 17 hymnals Audio files: MIDI | |
1 I want to walk as a child of the light;
I want to follow Jesus.
God set the stars to give light to the world;
The star of my life is Jesus.
Refrain:
In him there is no darkness at all;
The night and the day are both alike.
The Lamb is the light of the city of God.
Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.
2 I want to see the brightness of God;
I want to look at Jesus.
Clear Sun of Righteousness, shine on my path
And show me the way to the Father. [Refrain]
3 I’m looking for the coming of Christ;
I want to be with Jesus.
When we have run with patience the race,
We shall know the joy of Jesus. [Refrain]
Source: Christian Worship: supplement #771
Kathleen Thomerson is Organist and Music Director at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Mississippi, California, and Texas. College music study was at the Universities of Colorado and Texas, the Flemish Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, and privately in Paris. Before retirement in Austin, she lived in Collinsville, Illinois, when her husband was a biology professor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Her best-known hymn text is "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light," set to her hymn tune Houston.
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| Title: | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light |
| Author: | Kathleen Thomerson |
| Meter: | 10.7.10.8.9.9.10.7 |
| Refrain First Line: | In him there is no darkness at all |
| Copyright: | © 1970, 1975 Celebration (admin by The Copyright Company) |
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| Instances (17) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Celebrating Grace Hymnal #96 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In Him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson | Kathleen Thomerson | Irregular with refrain | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | 2010 | ||||||||
| Christian Worship: supplement #771 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | HOUSTON | C Major | 2008 | ||||||||
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #579 | I want to walk as a child of the light | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Evangelical Lutheran Worship #815 | I want to walk as a child of the light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | HOUSTON | D Major | 2006 | |||||||||
| Gather Comprehensive #507 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934; Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 | 10.7.10.8.9.9.10.7 | John 12:46; Ephesians 5:8-10; Hebrews 12:1; 1 John 1:5; Revelation 21:23 | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 1994 | ||||||
| Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #513 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934; Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 | 10.7.10.8.9.9.10.7 | Ephesians 5:8-10; Revelation 21:23; John 12:46; 1 John 1:5; Hebrews 12:1 | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 2004 | |||||||
| Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #490 | I want to walk as a child of the light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Irregular with refrain | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 1985 | ||||||||
| Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #730 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Malachi 4:2 | HOUSTON | C Major | 2013 | ||||||||
| Lutheran Service Book #411 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In Him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Revelation 21:23; 1 John 1:5; Hebrews 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 | HOUSTON | C Major | English | 2006 | ||||||
| Renew! #152 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson | Kathleen Thomerson | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 1995 | |||||||
| Sing! A New Creation #77 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as as Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934- | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | HOUSTON | C Major | English | 2002 | |||||||
| Sing With Me #207 | I want to walk as a child on the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson | Kathleen Thomerson | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Genesis 1:17; Psalm 139:12; Isaiah 60:19; Malachi 4:2; John 14:8; Ephesians 5:8; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 John 1:5; Revelation 21:23 | HOUSTON | C Major | English | 2006 | ||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #206 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson | Kathleen Thomerson | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Romans 13:14 | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 1989 | ||||||
| The Worshiping Church #539 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson | Kathleen Thomerson | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Hebrews 12:1; Hebrews 9:25; Ephesians 5:8; Malachi 4:2; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 21:23 | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | English | 1990 | ||||||
| Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II #643 | I want to walk as a child of the light | 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| With One Voice #649 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | Kathleen Thomerson, b. 1934 | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Revelation 21:23; 1 John 1:5; Hebrews 12:1-2; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 12:46 | HOUSTON | D Major | English | 1995 | ||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #248 | I want to walk as a child of the light | I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light | In him there is no darkness at all | Kathleen Thomerson, 1934- | Kathleen Thomerson, 1934- | 10.7.10.8 with refrain | Psalm 139:12; 1 John 1:5; 2 Timothy 4:7; Genesis 1:16; Ephesians 5:8; Job 38:33; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 21:23; Hebrews 12:1-3; Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; 1 John 1:7; Hebrews 9:28 | HOUSTON | D Flat Major | 2001 |
