Redeemer

I Need Thee Every Hour

Words:
Annie Sherwood Hawks, 1872.
Music:
'I Need Thee Every Hour' Robert Lowry, 1872.
Setting:
"Pentecostal Hymns, No. 2", 1898.
Metre:
10 10 7 6 11
  1. 1I need Thee ev'ry hour, Most gracious Lord;No tender voice like Thine Can peace afford.I need Thee, O I need Thee;Ev'ry hour I need Thee;O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!
  2. 2I need Thee ev'ry hour, Stay Thou near by;Temptations lose their pow'r When Thou art nigh.I need Thee, O I need Thee;Ev'ry hour I need Thee;O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!
  3. 3I need Thee ev'ry hour, In joy or pain;Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain.I need Thee, O I need Thee;Ev'ry hour I need Thee;O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!
  4. 4I need Thee ev'ry hour, Teach me Thy will;And Thy rich promises In me fulfill.I need Thee, O I need Thee;Ev'ry hour I need Thee;O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!
  5. 5I need Thee ev'ry hour, Most Holy One;O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!I need Thee, O I need Thee;Ev'ry hour I need Thee;O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee!

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  • Written in 1872, the words are in 1,151 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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