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Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963; Jimmie Abbington Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 32343 33212 57242 Used With Text: Something Within

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Something Within

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Preachers and teachers would make their appeal Refrain First Line: Something within me that holdeth the reigns Lyrics: 1 Preachers and teachers would make their appeal, Fighting as soldiers on great battlefields; When to their pleadings my poor heart did yield, All I can say, there is something within. Refrain: Something within me that holdeth the reins, Something within me that banishes pain; Something within me i cannot explain, All that I know there is something within. 2 Have you that something, that burning desire? Have you that something, that never doth tire? Oh, if you have it - that Heavenly Fire! Then let the world know there is something within. [Refrain] 3 I met God one morn', my soul feeling bad, Heart heavy laden with a bowed down head. He lifted my burden, made me so glad, All that I know there is something within. [Refrain] Topics: Inner Peace; Testimony, Witness and Evangelism Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:12 Used With Tune: SOMETHING WITHIN

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Something Within

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #349 (2018) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Preachers and teachers would make their appeal Refrain First Line: Something within me that holdeth the reins Lyrics: 1 Preachers and teachers would make their appeal, Fighting as soldiers on great battlefields; When to their pleadings my poor heart did yield, All I can say, there is something within. Refrain: Something within me that holdeth the reins, Something within me that banishes pain; Something within me I cannot explain, All that I know there is something within. 2 Have you that something, that burning desire? Have you that something, that never doth tire? Oh, if you have it- that Heavenly Fire! Then let the world know there is something within. [Refrain] 3 I met God one morn', my soul feeling bad, Heart heavy laden with a bowed down head. He lifted my burden, made me so glad, All that I know there is something within. [Refrain] Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Pentecost; Burdens; Conversion; Deliverance; Presence of Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit Renewal; Preaching Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:12 Languages: English Tune Title: SOMETHING WITHIN

Something Within

Author: Lucie E. Campbell Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #353 (2011) Meter: Irregular with refrain First Line: Preachers and teachers would make their appeal Refrain First Line: Something within me that holdeth the reins Lyrics: 1 Preachers and teachers would make their appeal, Fighting as soldiers on great battlefields; When to their pleadings my poor heart did yield, All I could say, there is something within. Refrain: Something within me that holdeth the reins, Something within me that banishes pain; Something within me I cannot explain; All that I know, there is something within. 2 Have you that something, that burning desire? Have you that something, that never doth tire? Oh, if you have it, that heavenly fire, Then let the world know there is something within. [Refrain] 3 I met God one morn', my soul feeling bad, Heart heavy laden with a bowed down head; He lifted my burden and made me so glad; All that I know, there is something within. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Testimony; Inner Life Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Languages: English Tune Title: SOMETHING WITHIN

Something Within

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #427 (2012) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Preachers and teachers would make their appeal Refrain First Line: Something within me that holdeth the reins Lyrics: 1 Preachers and teachers would make their appeal, Fighting as soldiers on great battlefields; When to their pleadings my poor heart did yield, All I can say, there is something within. Refrain: Something within me that holdeth the reins, Something within me that banishes pain: Something within me I cannot explain, All that I know there is something within. 2 Have you that something, that burning desire? Have you that something, that never doth tire? Oh, if you have it -- that Heavenly Fire! Then let the world know there is something within. [Refrain] 3 I met God one morn', my soul feeling bad, Heart heavy laden with a bowed down head. He lifted my burden, made me so glad, All that I know there is something within. [Refrain] Topics: Burdens; Conversion; Inner Peace; Joy; Peace; Presence of God; Witness Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:12 Languages: English Tune Title: SOMETHING WITHIN

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Lucie Eddie Campbell

1885 - 1963 Person Name: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Author of "Something Within" in African American Heritage Hymnal Lucie Eddie Campbell, April 30, 1885–January 3, 1963, one of nine children born to parents who were slaves in Mississippi. She moved to Memphis with her mother after her father died when she was two years old. Became first Music Director of newly formed Education arm for the new National Baptist Convention formed in 1916 in Memphis. In 1919 at a NBC convention in Atlantic City, Campbell introduced a young, blind singer, Connie Rosemond, who electrified the delegates with his rendition of Campbell’s first gospel hymn, “Something Within.” Campbell met Rosemond on the famous Beale St in Memphis. She heard a man betting $10 that he could make the blind youngster “get down in the alley” an expression for singing the blues. The young man refused to sing, saying I’m trying to be a Christian in this dark world, and I believe I have found a way out of this darkness into light. I can’t explain it, but there’s something within me. His words inspired Lucy Campbell to write her first song, Something Within, which was the first gospel hymn written by a black woman. At this same convention in 1919, Campbell introduced singer Marion Anderson to the world as she accompanied her. Anderson would go to become a world-renowned classical contralto singer. Lucie Campbell was also good friends with Thomas A Dorsey, who wrote Peace in the Valley and Precious Lord, Take My Hand, was the first African American inducted into the Gospel Music H.O.F. Jim Westmoreland from "Lucie E. Campbell: Baptist Composer and Educator," by Luvenia A. George and Ada Gilkey in The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 24-49.