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Christ in Song 413

I Need Thee Every Hour

Words: Mrs. Annie S. HawksMusic: Rev. Robert Lowry

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1I need thee every hour, Most gracious Lord; No tender voice like thine Can peace afford. I need thee every hour, Most Holy One; O make me thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!

RefrainI need thee, O I need thee, Ev-'ry hour I need thee! O bless me now, my Sav-iour, I come to thee!

2I need thee every hour, Stay thou near by; Temptation loses pow'r When thou art nigh. I need thee every hour, In joy or pain; Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain.

3I need thee every hour, In hope or fear; Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain. I need thee every hour, Most Holy One; O make me thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!

Also sung to
Need (SDA Hymnal #483, Hymns and Tunes 1886 #404)

Copyright, 1872, by R. Lowry. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
43
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 53% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I need thee every hour, Most gracious Lord; No tender voice like thine Can peace afford. I need thee every hour, Most Holy One; O make me thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!˘///˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//////43A

Verse 2

I need thee every hour, Stay thou near by; Temptation loses pow'r When thou art nigh. I need thee every hour, In joy or pain; Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain.˘///˘˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/////˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/44A

Verse 3

I need thee every hour, In hope or fear; Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain. I need thee every hour, Most Holy One; O make me thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//////43A

Refrain

I need thee, O I need thee, Ev-'ry hour I need thee! O bless me now, my Sav-iour, I come to thee!˘//˘˘///˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/26A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.