Love Is the Key

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: Love is the key that opens wide the door to happiness
Title: Love Is the Key
Author: W. Elmo Mercer (1961)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O love can mend a broken spirit
Copyright: © 1961, in "New Songs of Inspiration No. 4" by John T. Benson, Jr.

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All Time Favorite Hymns #206

New Songs of Inspiration Book Five #d125

New Songs of Inspiration No. 4 #d140

New Songs of Inspiration No. 6 #29

New Songs of Inspiration #145

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