annie sherwood hawks wrote the hymn i need thee every hour.
annie sherwood hawks wrote the hymn i need thee every hour.
who wrote the hymn i need thee every hour?
annie sherwood hawks
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in 1872, the hymn by which hawks is most widely known, "i need thee every hour", was written. it is said to have been translated into more foreign languages than any other modern hymn at the time of her death. hawks stated:— "for myself, the hymn was prophetic rather than expressive of my own experiences, for it was wafted out to the world on the wings of love and joy, instead of under the stress of personal sorrow." lowry, who wrote the music, went on to say: "i need thee every hour" was written by mrs. annie s. hawks, in 1872, in brooklyn, new york. i believe it was the expression of her own experience. it came to me in the form of five simple stanzas, to which i added the chorus to make it more serviceable. it inspired me at its first reading. it first appeared in a small collection of original songs prepared for the national baptist sunday-school association, held in cincinnati, ohio in november, 1872, and was sung on that occasion."
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