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TOUCH ME

Meter: 6.6.6.5 D Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56651 21166 51765 Used With Text: Touch Me, Lord Jesus

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Touch Me, Lord Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell Meter: Irregular Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Touch me, Lord Jesus, With Thy hand of mercy; Make each throbbing heartbeat Feel Thy power divine. Take my will forever; I will doubt Thee never; Cleanse me, dear Savior, Make me wholly Thine. 2 Mold me, dear Master; As I bow before Thee, Prostrate and helpless, Make my heart Thy throne. Purge my dross with hyssop; Burn me with Thy fire; Lord, make and use me; Ever all Thine own. 3 Feed me, dear Jesus, From Thy holy table; Rain bread from heaven, Let my cup o'erflow. Naked, sick and hungry; Poor and weak and lonely, Feed me, Lord Jesus, Till I want no more. 4 Guide me, Jehovah, Through this vale of sorrow; I am safe for ever, Trusting in Thy love. Bear me through the current, O'er the chilly Jordan; Lead me, dear Master, To my home above. Amen. Topics: The Christian Life Prayer and Intercession; God Guidance; Prayer; Surrender Scripture: Matthew 8:3 Used With Tune: TOUCH ME

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Touch Me, Lord Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Hymnal: Total Praise #266 (2011) Meter: 6.6.6.5 D First Line: Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus, With Thy hand of mercy, Make each throbbing heartbeat Feel Thy pow'r divine. O take my will forever, I will doubt Thee never, O Lord, please cleanse me, my dear Savior, Make me wholly Thine. 2 Mold, mold me, dear Savior; As I bow before Thee, Prostrate, prostrate and helpless, Make my heart Thy throne. O purge my dross with hissop; Burn me with Thy fire; O Lord, please make, make me and use me; Ever all Thine own. 3 Feed, feed me, dear Jesus, From Thy holy table, Rain, rain bread from heaven, Let my cup o'erflow. O naked, sick and hungry; Poor and weak and lonely, O Lord, please feed feed me, Lord Jesus Till I want no more. 4 Guide, guide me, Jehovah, Thro' this vale of sorrow, I am safe forever, Trusting in Thy love. O bear me thro' the current; O'er the chilly Jordan, O Lord, please lead me, my dear Savior To my home above. Topics: Cleansing; Devotional; Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness; Heaven; Jesus Christ His Glory and Power; Trust; Worship and Adoration Scripture: John 14:18 Languages: English Tune Title: TOUCH ME
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Touch Me, Lord Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #274 (2001) Meter: 6.6.6.5 D First Line: Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus, With Thy hand of mercy, Make each throbbing heartbeat Feel Thy pow'r divine. O take my will forever, I will doubt Thee never, O Lord, please cleanse me, my dear Savior, Make me wholly Thine. 2 Mold, mold me, dear Savior; As I bow before Thee, Prostrate, prostrate and helpless, Make my heart Thy throne. O purge my dross with hissop; Burn me with Thy fire; O Lord, please make, make me and use me; Ever all Thine own. 3 Feed, feed me, dear Jesus, From Thy holy table, Rain, rain bread from heaven, Let my cup o'erflow. O naked, sick and hungry; Poor and weak and lonely, O Lord, please feed feed me, Lord Jesus Till I want no more. 4 Guide, guide me, Jehovah, Thro' this vale of sorrow, I am safe forever, Trusting in Thy love. O bear me thro' the current; O'er the chilly Jordan, O Lord, please lead me, my dear Savior To my home above. Topics: Devotional; Jesus Christ His Glory and Power; Jesus Christ His Love and Mercy; Worship and Adoration Scripture: John 14:18 Languages: English Tune Title: TOUCH ME
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Touch Me, Lord Jesus

Author: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #380 (2018) Meter: 6.6.6.5 D First Line: Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 Touch, touch me, Lord Jesus, With Thy hand of mercy, Make each throbbing heartbeat Feel Thy pow'r divine. O take my will forever, I will doubt Thee never, O Lord, please cleanse me, my dear Savior, Make me wholly Thine. 2 Mold, mold me, dear Savior; As I bow before Thee, Prostrate, prostrate and helpless, Make my heart Thy throne. O purge my dross with hyssop; Burn me with Thy fire; O Lord, please make, make me and use me; Ever all Thine own. 3 Feed, feed me, dear Jesus, From Thy holy table, Rain, rain bread from heaven, Let my cup o'erflow. O naked, sick and hungry; Poor and weak and lonely, O Lord, please feed, feed me, Lord Jesus, Till I want no more. 4 Guide, guide me, Jehovah, Through this vale of sorrow, I am safe forever, Trusting in Thy love. O bear me through the current; O'er the chilly Jordan, O Lord, please lead me, my dear Savior, To my home above. Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Christian Life, Discipleship; Mercy of Jesus Christ; Service Music Prayer Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:31 Languages: English Tune Title: TOUCH ME

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Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "TOUCH ME" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

Lucie Eddie Campbell

1885 - 1963 Person Name: Lucie E. Campbell, 1885-1963 Author of "Touch Me, Lord Jesus" in African American Heritage Hymnal Lucie Eddie Campbell, April 30, 1885–January 3, 1963, one of nine children born to parents who were slaves in Mississippi. She moved to Memphis with her mother after her father died when she was two years old. Became first Music Director of newly formed Education arm for the new National Baptist Convention formed in 1916 in Memphis. In 1919 at a NBC convention in Atlantic City, Campbell introduced a young, blind singer, Connie Rosemond, who electrified the delegates with his rendition of Campbell’s first gospel hymn, “Something Within.” Campbell met Rosemond on the famous Beale St in Memphis. She heard a man betting $10 that he could make the blind youngster “get down in the alley” an expression for singing the blues. The young man refused to sing, saying I’m trying to be a Christian in this dark world, and I believe I have found a way out of this darkness into light. I can’t explain it, but there’s something within me. His words inspired Lucy Campbell to write her first song, Something Within, which was the first gospel hymn written by a black woman. At this same convention in 1919, Campbell introduced singer Marion Anderson to the world as she accompanied her. Anderson would go to become a world-renowned classical contralto singer. Lucie Campbell was also good friends with Thomas A Dorsey, who wrote Peace in the Valley and Precious Lord, Take My Hand, was the first African American inducted into the Gospel Music H.O.F. Jim Westmoreland from "Lucie E. Campbell: Baptist Composer and Educator," by Luvenia A. George and Ada Gilkey in The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 24-49.
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