1835 - 1918 Person Name: Annie S. Hawks, 1835-1872 Topics: Purity and Piety Author of "I Need Thee Every Hour" in Hymns of the Saints Hawks, Annie Sherwood. Mrs. Hawks was born in Hoosick, N. Y., May 28, 1835, and has resided for many years at Brooklyn. Her hymns were contributed to Bright Jewels, Pure Gold, Boyal Diadem, Brightest and Best, Temple Anthems, Tidal Wave, and other popular Sunday School hymnbooks. They include "I need Thee every hour" (written April, 1872), "Thine, most gracious Lord," "Why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?" and others of the same type.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Annie S. Hawks