Each Step I Take

Each step I take my Savior goes before me

Author: W. Elmo Mercer
Tune: [Each step I take my Savior goes before me]
CCLI Number: 10958
Published in 22 hymnals

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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 >

Text Information

First Line: Each step I take my Savior goes before me
Title: Each Step I Take
Author: W. Elmo Mercer
Refrain First Line: Each step I take I know that He will guide me
Copyright: © 1953. Renewal 1981 by John T. Benson Jr. Assigned to Singspiration (div. of Zondervan Corp.)

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #344

Redeeming Love #190

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #128

Yes, Lord! #331

Hymns of Faith #416

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #129

Include 16 pre-1979 instances
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