Keep Me Behind the Cross

Blessed Jesus, I'm helpless, I'm lost and undone

Author: W. Oliver Cooper
Tune: [Blessed Jesus, I'm helpless, I'm lost and undone]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: W. Oliver Cooper

W. Oliver Cooper Birth: Oct. 24, 1885 Meriwether County Georgia, USA Death: unknown Hymn writer. In 1945, he wrote "Heaven Will Surely Be Worth it All." He was educated musically in various singing schools and normals in Oklahoma and Tennessee. Mr. Cooper performed with a radio quartet in Birmingham, AL for several years. He was a prolific writer and composed approximately 1,500 songs. He served many years as president of the Cullman County, Alabama Singing Convention and worked as a member of the faculty at Hartford Musical Institute. He was musical editor for Hartford Song Books and resided in Cullman, AL. Burial: Unknown --www.findagrave.com/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	Blessed Jesus, I'm helpless, I'm lost and undone
Title:	Keep Me Behind the Cross
Author:	W. Oliver Cooper
Refrain First Line:	Jesus, hide me and keep me behind the old cross