Hymn of the Week: January 10, 2025

I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light 
Glory to God: 377 

TEXT and MUSIC: Kathleen Thomerson 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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Kathleen Thomerson is the 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 completed 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, with her husband, who 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. 

Here are some of the scriptures she used for setting this wonderful folklike hymn. 

• Isaiah 42:6c: “I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations.” 

• Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings.” 

• Revelation 21:25: “And there will be no night there.” 

• Revelation 22:5: “The need no light of lamp or sun.”