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[Do I not need thee, Saviour divine!]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. N. Lincoln Incipit: 32116 51321 23543 Used With Text: Do I Not Need Thee?

Author: R. G. Staples Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: Do I not need thee, Saviour divine! Refrain First Line: How much I need thee, I scarcely know Used With Tune: [Do I not need thee, Saviour divine!]

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Do I Not Need Thee?

Author: R. G. Staples Hymnal: Pearls of Praise #59 (1893) First Line: Do I not need thee Refrain First Line: How much I need thee Lyrics: 1 Do I not need thee, Savior divine? To thy dear people, My heart incline. Refrain: How much I need thee, I scarcely know; Dear, precious Savior, Thy love bestow. 2 Do I not need thee, Each hour, each day? Pity me, Savior, Be thou my stay. [Refrain] 3 Do I not need thee? What pow’r have I? No arm to lean on, Savior, draw nigh. [Refrain] 4 Do I not need thee? Weary and faint, Come I unto thee, Heed my complaint. [Refrain] 5 Yes, I do need thee, Thy love is strong; Give me to praise thee, In endless song. [Refrain] Scripture: John 15:5 Tune Title: [Do I not need thee]

Do I Not Need Thee?

Author: R. G. Staples Hymnal: Song-Land Messenger Complete #54 (1892) First Line: Do I not need thee, Saviour divine! Refrain First Line: How much I need thee, I scarcely know Languages: English Tune Title: [Do I not need thee, Saviour divine!]

Do I Not Need Thee?

Author: R. G. Staples Hymnal: Windows of Heaven #92 (1889) First Line: Do I not need Thee Refrain First Line: How much I need Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Do I not need Thee]

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H. N. Lincoln

1859 - 1948 Composer of "[Do I not need thee]" in Pearls of Praise Horace Neely Lincoln, 1859-1948. Horace was the son of James Lincoln and Emaline King, and husband of Etta Lee Thurmand (married 1887). He moved with his family to Texas when he was seven years old. At age 10, he began attending a singing school conducted by James M. Jolley of Mississippi. In 1880, he taught his first singing class in his old neighborhood school house. Later that year, he attended his first normal music school, taught at Mountain Home (now Holland), Texas. Lincoln had other musical training under L. B. Shook (a former student of Philip Bliss) and John McPherson of Illinois. In 1898, he graduated from the Chicago National College of Music, and in 1906 took a post-graduate course under Horatio Palmer. Lincoln eventually became president of the Songland Music Company, and the World’s Normal Musical College. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime/tch)

R. G. Staples

b. 1833 Author of "Do I not Need Thee?" in Crowning Glory No. 2 Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA. Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)