Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, June 19, 2026

"I Walk in Danger All the Way"

A couple weeks ago, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from 20 May.  The hymn was "I Walk in Danger All the Way," and I noticed a way in which the tune ("Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht") represents the text.

Here's the last musical phrase:


The melody here is conjunct (not skipping any notes in the scale), and it gives an impression of the steps involved in the "walk[ing]" mentioned in most of the lines sung to this phrase:  "I walk in danger all the way" in the first verse, "I walk with angels all the way" in the fourth, "I walk with Jesus all the way" in the fifth, and "My walk is heav'nward all the way" in the sixth.