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LEYTONSTONE

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Samuel Hendricks Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 53323 15561 46551 Used With Text: Lord, Be Thou My Helper

Author: Jennie Wilson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When all is dark around me Lyrics: 1 When all is dark around me, And earthly foes assail, With heav’nly foes surround me, Let power divine prevail. O Lord, be Thou my helper, In faith I turn to Thee; Unto Thy love’s dear shelter, For safety I would flee. 2 O keep me close beside Thee, In life’s uneven way, With constant watch-care guide me, And never let me stray. O Lord, be Thou my helper, No other hand but Thine Can lead me to the homeland, Where fadeless glories shine. 3 Sometimes the path is lonely My weary feet must tread; Thy blessed presence only Can gladness round me shed. O Lord, be Thou my helper, My refuge and my rest, My soul would lean forever On Thy protecting breast. Used With Tune: LEYTONSTONE

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Lord, Be Thou My Helper

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #25 (1904) First Line: When all is dark around me Tune Title: [When all is dark around me]

Lord, Be Thou My Helper

Author: Jennie Wilson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13047 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D First Line: When all is dark around me Lyrics: 1 When all is dark around me, And earthly foes assail, With heav’nly foes surround me, Let power divine prevail. O Lord, be Thou my helper, In faith I turn to Thee; Unto Thy love’s dear shelter, For safety I would flee. 2 O keep me close beside Thee, In life’s uneven way, With constant watch-care guide me, And never let me stray. O Lord, be Thou my helper, No other hand but Thine Can lead me to the homeland, Where fadeless glories shine. 3 Sometimes the path is lonely My weary feet must tread; Thy blessed presence only Can gladness round me shed. O Lord, be Thou my helper, My refuge and my rest, My soul would lean forever On Thy protecting breast. Languages: English Tune Title: LEYTONSTONE

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Jennie Wilson

1857 - 1913 Author of "Lord, Be Thou My Helper" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives. =============================== Jennie Bain Wilson, 1857-1913 Born: 1857, on a Farm Near South Whitley, Indiana. Died: Circa 1913. Afflicted with a spinal condition at age four, Wilson spent her life in a wheel chair. She never attended school, but was educated at home. She is said to have written over 2,200 texts. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

J. S. Hendricks

1855 - 1938 Composer of "[When all is dark around me]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Born: March 15, 1855, McClean County, Kentucky. Hendricks attended his first singing school at age 18. Two years later, he began teaching, continuing until 1879, when he went to Arkansas and began farming. Returning to Kentucky in 1881, he began working in the tobacco business, but in 1886 he re-entered the music field in 1886. Three years later he went to Texas. In 1894, he attended a session of the Southern Normal Musical Institute (SNMI) in Midlothian, Texas, and was in was in the first graduating class of the SNMI at the home of its principal, Anthony Showalter, in Dalton, Georgia. Afterward, he attended a post-graduate course and several more SNMI sessions, and taught in Texas and Kentucky. Hendricks co-authored Song-Land Messenger No. 2, Our Thankful Songs, and Hymns of Glory. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a large stockholder in the A. J. Showalter Company and the Showalter-Patton Company. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)