I Need the Prayers of Those I Love

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I need the prayers of those I love, I need the sweet, sweet feeling

Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Tune: [I need the prayers of those I love] (Lorenz)
Published in 15 hymnals

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1 I need the prayers of those I love,
I need the sweet, sweet feeling,
That suit for me is urged above,
Whene’er dear friends are kneeling.
Amid life’s cares I need the prayers,
I need the prayers of those I love:
Amid life’s cares I need the prayers,
I need the prayers of those I love.

2 Of those I love the prayers I need,
They know my wants and ailings;
They know the way to intercede
For all my faults and failings.
On bended knee remember me;
Of those I love the prayers I need:
On bended knee remember me;
Of those I love the prayers I need.

3 Of those I love I need the prayers,
Whene’er God’s throne addressing;
‘Twill keep my feet from sins and snares,
‘Twill break in showers of blessing.
Who love me yet, oh, ne’er forget,
Of those I love I need the prayers:
Who love me yet, oh, ne’er forget,
Of those I love I need the prayers.

Source: Showers of Blessing #70

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Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin

Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book,… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I need the prayers of those I love, I need the sweet, sweet feeling
Title:	I Need the Prayers of Those I Love
Author:	Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain