How I Need Thee!

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Gracious God, how much I need Thee

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Gracious God, how much I need Thee]
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1 Gracious God, how much I need Thee,
Erring, weak and blind;
Take me by the hand, and lead me;
Strength in Thee I find.

2 Ev’ry day and ev’ry hour,
Trusting all to Thee,
Manifest Thy saving power,
My Defender be.

3 All my future lies before Thee,
Tho to me unknown;
Naught of danger shall pass o’er me—
Thou art still my won.

Source: Songs of Summerland #124

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Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gracious God, how much I need Thee
Title:	How I Need Thee!
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1943
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1943.