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Meter: Irregular Appears in 40 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Doris Akers, 1922- Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32132 11222 66654 Used With Text: I Am Weak, and I Need Thy Strength (Lead Me, Guide Me)

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Lead Me, Guide Me (Guíame, guíame)

Author: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995; Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r (Débil xoy, necesito tu gran poder) Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way (Guíame, guíame en tu verdad) Topics: Discipleship; Discipulado; Guía; Guidance; Providence; Providencia Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Used With Tune: LEAD ME, GUIDE ME

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Lead Me, Guide Me

Author: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995 Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #538 (2012) Meter: Irregular with refrain First Line: I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Topics: Lenten Season; All Souls November 2nd; Penance Sacraments; Funeral Sacraments; Eternal Life; Guidance; Justice; Petition, Prayer; Satan; Strength; Trust in Jesus Christ Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Languages: English Tune Title: LEAD ME, GUIDE ME

Lead Me, Guide Me

Author: Doris Akers Hymnal: Zion still Sings #173 (2007) Meter: Irregular First Line: I am weak and I need thy strength and power Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Topics: Order of Service Response to the Word; Baptism, Confirmation and Dedication; Burdens; Children's Songs; Devotional; Fellowship with God; God's Care and Guidance; God's Glory and Power; Guidance; Jesus Christ His Glory and Power; Pilgrimage; Providence; Satan; Sin; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: LEAD ME, GUIDE ME

Lead Me, Guide Me

Author: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995 Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #235 (2018) Meter: Irregular with refrain First Line: I am weak and I need Thy strength and pow'r Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Creation and Providence; Providence of Jesus Christ Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Languages: English Tune Title: LEAD ME, GUIDE ME

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Doris Akers

1923 - 1995 Person Name: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995 Author of "Lead Me, Guide Me" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Doris Mae Akers USA 1923-1995. Born at Brookfield, MO, one of nine siblings, her (inter-racial) parents divorced when she was age three. She then lived with her mother, who remarried when she was age six. They lived in Kirksville, MO. Some of her brothers lived with her father after the divorce. The family attended the Bethel AME Church in Kirksville, where she learned to play piano by ear at age six. She wrote her first song at age 10. In the 1930s she formed a singing gospel group with siblings, Edward, Marian, and Donald, who went by the name ‘Dot and the Swingsters’. Early in her career (1938) she moved to Los Angeles, CA. There she became known for her work with the ‘Sky Pilot Choir’, an integrated group that made recordings and appeared on Radio and TV across the country. Her fresh, modern arrangements of traditional negro spirituals drew large crowds from far and near, and increased her church’s attendance dramatically. Her choir group released three record albums. She recorded solos in 1963 and also collaborated with the Statemen Quartet in 1964. She ended working with the choir in 1965, but reunited with it again in 1974 to make a 4th recording for RCA Victor. In 1970 she moved to Columbus, OH, where she continued composing, recording, and traveling. In the 1980s she released a new gospel album each year on a regional Midwest label. She also released a few albums in Canada (not distributed in the U S). In the 1990s she began recording for the Gaither label and appeared in some of their TV productions and concerts. She was affectionately known as ‘Miss Gospel Music’, respected and admired by everyone in the gospel music business. By this time, she had mastered vocalization, keyboards, choir directing, arranging, composing, and publishing. She worked with many of the early pioneers in gospel music and authored gospel compositions, some selling millions of records for other performers and evangelists. In her final years she was Minister of Music at Grace Temple Deliverance Center, Minneapolis, MN. In 1994 she broke her ankle, and also discovered she had spinal cancer. She died at Edina, MN. She never married. She wrote 500+ songs. She received many awards over the years, including ‘Gospel Music Composer of the Year’ (for both years 1960 and 1961). In 1976, the city of Kirksville, MO, held “Doris Akers’ Day’, featuring her as the headline act, as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over 20,000 attended the celebration there. In 1992 she was honored by the Smithsonian Institution as ‘The Foremost Gospel Writer in the U S’. Her works include eight collections of music. In 2001 she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2011 she was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. John Perry

Richard Smallwood

b. 1948 Harmonizer of "LEAD ME, GUIDE ME" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC. Bert Polman