Old hymn words

[DandyDan]

Today we sung the hymn/song "Follow him, follow him, yield your life to him". I only remember this song with different words, and having Googled various possibilities, cannot find the "original" version which I sang as a child in the 1970's. Here is what I remember of the 'old' version:

I want to tell you of Jesu's love
How he left his Father in Heaven above
And came a baby to Beth'lem's stall,
To show God's love for us all...

Chorus: Follow Him, follow Him, He has borne our sin,
He is something something, He is King of Kings..
can't remember the last two lines of the chorus either

If anyone else remembers this, do you have the full version of the 'old' words anywhere?

He has conquered death He is king of kings
accept the joy which He gives to those
who ield their lives to Him?

version I know - sung that in the 70s

any good?

That helps - yes. No-one else I know remembers the verse at the top; now in the 'modern version' we sang today there's some pretty useless non-scanning set of words, which I don't remember at all.

verse I know is

I want to walk with Jesus Christ
all the days I live on this life on earth (I think)
to give to him complete control
of body and of soul

follow Him...etc

sang this at Beach Mission in the late 70s

I want to walk with Jesus Christ

I want to walk with Jesus Christ,
all the days I live of this life on earth;
to give to Him complete control
of body and of soul.
Follow Him, follow Him,
yield your life to Him -
He has conquered death,
He is King of kings;
accept the joy which He gives to those
who yield their lives to Him.

I want to learn to speak to Him,
to pray to Him, confess my sin,
to open my life and let Him in,
for joy will then be mine.
Follow Him, follow Him.......

I want to learn to speak of Him ?
my life must show that He lives in me;
my deeds, my thoughts, my words must speak
all of His love for me.
Follow Him, follow Him....

I want to learn to read His word,
for this is how I know the way
to live my life as pleases Him,
in holiness and joy.
Follow Him, follow Him....

O Holy Spirit of the Lord,
enter now into this heart of mine;
take full control of my selfish will
and make me wholly Thine!
Follow Him, follow Him....

©1974 Celebration Services (Yeldhall) Ltd

is the version I grew up with - the one in the origianl Mission Praise, had a quick scan through all my other hymn books and that's the only version I can find.

The verse you've put in your first post isn't familiar to me at all

we agree on first verse Tocc, I expect that is all I learnt as a child, haven't sung it as an adult except at Beach Mission with my DC!

The version you've transcribed, Tocc, is the one we sang this morning, but it was completely new to me (other than the tune). (The whole thing, tune and all, was new to the congregation, which was even more amazing to me, but that's another thing...)

That first verse I put down, that Panda remembers seems to be the only one in that version: I wonder where it came from; and which is the original (of the initial verse, and the slightly different chorus).

I sang this in the mid-70's in Sunday-school.

I don't remember your verse at all DandyDan, I know the first verse of the version Tocc transcribed. Would be interesting to know which came first.

don't suppose you remember which hymn book you used?

I have the original (1982) Mission Praise here and that's the only version in there. Not in most of the others, but I cba to sit and look through them all (I have a lot ).

It's got the same copy right (1974) date as the one I've copied above.

The words and the music were both written by C Simmonds in 1964 (the words that Panda and I know)

Goodness knows where my first verse came from, then. A total mystery.

maybe it came form another hymn and you've merged the two in your memory?

i've done that a lot...

I don't think so. The words are in my head in exactly the tune which goes with the hymn other people have quoted and which we sang on Sunday last. And I've always thought of this verse to that tune, to the degree that I found it difficult to sing the other words on Sunday.