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Short Name: Lida Shivers Leech
Full Name: Leech, Lida Shivers, 1873-1962
Birth Year: 1873
Death Year: 1962

Born: Ju­ly 12, 1873, May­ville, New Jer­sey.
Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia.

Leech spent her child­hood in Cape May Court House, New Jer­sey, and at­tend­ed Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty and Tem­ple Un­i­ver­si­ty. She played the or­gan at Be­tha­ny Meth­od­ist Church in Cam­den, New Jer­sey, served as ac­com­pa­nist at evan­gel­i­cal serv­ic­es, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her life­time.

Sources--
Emurian, pp. 112-3
Reynolds, p. 336

Lyrics--
God’s Way Is Best
I Have Re­deemed Thee
I’ll Go Any­where
No Fault in Him
Some Day He’ll Make It Plain
Thine for Ser­vice
Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928
When the Veil is Lifted

--www.hymntime.com/tch


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Lida Shivers Leech (109)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A Friend who's knocking at thy heart's door] (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)411132 17125 22432
[All victorious swells the chorus]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)333321 55532 22123
[Are you tempted and tried each passing day?]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Are you undone with the toil of the day]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[As we're gathered in Thy presence]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255112 32135 23435
[Awake! Ye sleepers one and all]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251117 12355 54323
[Christ stood before Pilate with fettered hands]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Do I love my blessed Savior]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Do you know the blessed Savior]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251313 22117 62165
[Far and near the fields are golden]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Father, lead me, for I need Thee]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)333321 65355 56532
[Fierce the storms may beat around me]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Flowers fade and wither, clouds bedim the sky]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)334511 72476 53451
[Flowers wither and decay]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)234551 23334 11235
[For years I had drifted, God’s plan could not see]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
GIVING (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2411111 71235 66665
[Gladly we gather today]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[God wants men that are tried and true]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)211176 56555 52343
[God wants the faithful ones and true]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[God's way is the best way, though I may not see]Lydia S. Leech (Composer)2531234 32732 13123
[Hail the King who reigns on high]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255111 11123 33331
[Hand in hand with Christ we're marching onward and we'll conquer the world for him]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Have you been cleansed in the fountain]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)253215 43254 32676
[Have you been cleansed from your guilt and your sin]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Have you seen the Savior's face]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[He always helps me through]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251112 32333 45355
[Heaven's not far away, so I've oft been told]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Now that harvest time is here]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)412333 43345 55655
[How often the voice of my mother so dear]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)234545 17653 65552
[I am trusting in the promises] (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)234513 43215 56216
[I believe that in the ages past]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[I cannot doubt my dear Savior's love]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)233354 41233 21231
[I have left my doubts and my fears behind]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255111 12333 32123
[I have made my choice to follow Christ each day]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)955111 31561 51235
[I have read of a city of gold]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)534567 12133 21712
[I know not what He may be to you]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251112 32154 33213
[I know there is power in Jesus' blood]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)351123 21653 45553
[I may write my name and leave it on the sands of time]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)334555 56512 32134
[I now can sing since I've been redeemed]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I was a sinner but now I'm free] (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)1651233 21653 55533
[I was drifting on with the tide of sin]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255111 12333 32123
[I was far from Jesus, ruined by the fall]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255123 55512 32223
[I was lost in sin and ruined by the fall]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)233333 21232 11234
[I will stand the test for Jesus]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I would be gentle like Jesus]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[If we would be fully free from all sin]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I'll go all the way with Jesus] (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)253234 33255 72453
[I'll sing you a story of grace, full and free]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255651 55543 44454
[I'm never alone, for Jesus is near]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)353234 33212 52343
[In Father's house no tears of sorrow]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)233323 54432 22124
[In my heart the Savior now is dwelling]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)333321 35554 35117
[In the name of Christ our King]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[In these days of change and turmoil]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[It would not do for me to know]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I've a Friend who never fails me, it is Christ the Lord]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255171 23234 56566
[I've a promise secure, which will ever endure]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)234556 51766 76217
[I've a story sweet to tell]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I've a wonderful message so blessed and true]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[I've the Blesser and the blessing]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Jesus my Savior came from on high]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)4
[Just one hour with the Savior]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Just to have the Savior with me]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255535 44366 16532
[Let the joy-bells ring while we gather in His name]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Lord, I believe Thy way for me is best]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Lord, open my eyes to the work to be done]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[My feet were ensnared in sin's drifting sand!]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)455123 32165 55122
[My heart is filled with such gladness]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[My Lord was passing my way one day]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[My sins were deeper than the crimson]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[Naught can separate me from the love of Christ]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
['Neath the shadow of the cross]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)234551 23121 16534
[O hallowed cross of Calvary]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)451234 32151 23123
[O wonderful story which never grows old]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Oft our voices here we raise]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Oft the world would lure my soul from Christ away]Lida Shirers Leech (Composer)2
[Once I wandered far from Jesus, in the paths of sin and woe]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)212333 35313 21615
[Once I was far from Jesus]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Once my eyes were blind to the beauty of the Lord]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)4
[Once to Jesus came the mothers]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Open the windows of heaven just now]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251233 12167 65133
[Out in the storm and the tempest]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Saved to serve, O list the wondrous story]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)233343 21651 22217
[Simply trusting Christ my Savior]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)412333 41327 12223
[Since my Savior came to stay] (Leech)Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)212333 43345 55655
[Some day I'll know why over my way]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)432153 21667 15321
[Sometimes I've stopped to question why]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Speed the news along in joyful song]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251333 55224 31621
[The day may be dreary, the way may seem long]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)313333 21712 13234
[The hosts of God are marching on]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)255115 61123 33215
[The Savior has said He'll be with us]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)213333 21555 12165
[The story oft we've heard]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)433214 33212 31332
[The trials of life oft shadow the soul]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[There are needy ones around us]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[There is a golden chain which binds]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[There is a name high over all]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)351112 33225 22234
[There is power in Jesus' blood to keep]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[Though oft the cares of life dismay]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[Though the powers of sin and darkness are everywhere]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)334511 11767 77712
['Tis a wonderful song which my soul now sings]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)4
[Waves of care and trouble may my life assail]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[We are building on the Rock which no tempest ever can shock]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)334555 65123 21653
[We meet them all along life’s way]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[We often grow weary, and lonely, and sad]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[What a wondrous price for my soul was paid]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)233331 23443 33225
[When Christ sweetly came my soul to reclaim]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[When Jesus sweetly saved me]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)3
[When shades darken my earthly way]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)251117 12225 22212
[When the gates swing open wide]Lida Shivers Leech (Composer)2
[When the hosts of Israel for the needed rain]Lydia Shivers Leech (Composer)2
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