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Be With Me, Lord

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee

[Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. O. Sanderson Incipit: 33332 17123 35555 Used With Text: Be With Me, Lord

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Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #40 (1997) Meter: 11.10.11.10 First Line: Be with me, Lord- I cannot live without Thee Topics: Christians Dependence Scripture: Matthew 28:20 Languages: English Tune Title: SANDERSON

Be With Me Lord

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #579 (1986) First Line: Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee Lyrics: 1 Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee, I dare not try to take one step alone, I cannot bear the loads of life, unaided, I need Thy strength to lean myself upon. 2 Be with me, Lord, and then if dangers threaten, If storms of trial burst above my head, If lashing seas leap ev'rywhere about me, They cannot harm, or make my heart afraid. 3 Be with me, Lord! No other gift or blessing Thou couldst bestow could with this one compare-- A constant sense of Thy abiding presence, Where'er I am, to feel that Thou art near. 4 Be with me, Lord, when loneliness o'er takes me, When I must weep amid the first of pain, And when shall come the hour of "my departure" For "worlds unknown," O Lord, be with me then. Topics: Christian Life; Devotion; Thanksgiving Scripture: Matthew 28:20 Languages: English Tune Title: SANDERSON

Be with Me, Lord

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Christian Hymns #21 (1948) First Line: Be with me, Lord - I cannot live without Thee Tune Title: [Be with me, Lord - I cannot live without Thee]

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Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Person Name: T. O. Chisholm Author of "Be With Me, Lord" in Sacred Selections for the Church Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

L. O. Sanderson

1901 - 1992 Composer of "[Be with me, Lord, I cannot live without Thee]" in Sacred Selections for the Church See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym). ================== Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ. Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn. Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls