I Need Thee Every Hour

Text by Annie Sherwood Hawks

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About this hymn

Date: 1872
Tune: I Need Thee Every Hour
Composer: Robert Lowry
Key: Ab
Meter: 10 10 7 6 11

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with God, Goodness of, Jesus, Peace, Presence, Trust.

Heb 4:16 · Phil 4:6

Musical background

I Need Thee Every Hour is presented in the source key of Ab, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Annie Sherwood Hawks, 1872. Music: 'I Need Thee Every Hour' Robert Lowry, 1872. Setting: "Pentecostal Hymns, No. 2", 1898. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2012 Revision.