“The Way" Original Hymn (Faith, Journey, Surrender)
“The Way" Original Hymn (Faith, Journey, Surrender)
DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD
This hymn, originally written for the Wandering Heart bundle for Lent 2024, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.
License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.
“The Way”
Tune: RATHBUN ("In the Cross of Christ I Glory")
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: John Bowring (1825)
DOWNLOAD includes:
PDF sheet music with four-part harmony
PNG image of the lyrics and melody for use in bulletins
Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens
Lyrics:
“The Way”
Tune: RATHBUN ("In the Cross of Christ I Glory")
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: John Bowring (1825)
Faithfully I learned to follow
Step by step and not to stray
Marching on with proud bravado
Claiming Jesus as the way
Life was easy, faith was stable
Then the pathway climbed uphill
Life got harder past the cradle
Jesus Christ I followed still
Thread by thread my faith unraveled
When the way became unknown
Solid ground gave way to gravel
So I cling to Christ alone
Though the way leads through steep canyons
I surrender my control
Christ is still my sure companion
As the path before unfolds
credit info:
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
