If I But Ask

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If I were to ask a blessing from God

Author: W. Elmo Mercer (1958)
Tune: [If I were to ask a blessing from God]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: W. Elmo Mercer

William Elmo Mercer wrote more than 1,600 songs and worked extensively as a music arranger. Arguably his best known song is “Each Step I Take." Mercer worked for the John T. Benson company from 1951 to 1981 as a music editor. He also consulted for LifeWay, Lorenz, Brentwood, and other music companies. He and his wife Marcia traveled as singing evangelists for three decades and he served as the music minister for Scottsboro First Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Monty Lynn, from "William Elmo Mercer," Southern Gospel History, https://www.sghistory.com/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	If I were to ask a blessing from God
Title:	If I But Ask
Author:	W. Elmo Mercer (1958)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	If I but ask and if I believe
Copyright:	© 1958, in "New Songs of Inspiration No. 3" by John T. Benson, Jr.