In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed,
But now I am happy—securely I rest;
From morning till evening glad carols I sing,
And this is the reason—I walk with the King.
Refrain
I walk with the King, hallelujah!
I walk with the King, praise His Name!
No longer I roam, my soul faces home,
I walk and I talk with the King.
2. For years in the fetters of sin I was bound,
The world could not help me—no comfort I found;
But now like the birds and the sunbeams of spring,
I’m free and rejoicing—I walk with the King.
3. O soul near despair in the lowlands of strife,
Look up and let Jesus come into your life;
The joy of salvation to you He would bring—
Come into the sunlight and walk with the King.
– words by James Rowe, circa 1913.
– music B. D. Ackley
Bentley DeForest Ackley was born this date, 9/27/1872at Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. As a youth he was able to play the melodeon, piano, coronet, clarinet and piccolo. He became a noted Christian musician, after escaping the pull of alcohol, joined the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver team, and wrote some hymns. He is primarily remembered as composer – having written over 3,000 Gospel tunes. Bentley Ackley died9/3/1958, at Winona Lake, Indiana.
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