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Take Hold Of My Hand

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: Dear Lord, I am trying to live day by day
Title: Take Hold Of My Hand
Author: W. Elmo Mercer (1958)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, precious Savior, take hold of my hand
Copyright: © 1958, in "New Songs of Inspiration No. 3" by John T. Benson, Jr.

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New Songs of Inspiration Book Five #d25

New Songs of Inspiration No. 4 #d24

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #14

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