Annie Hawks - wikipedia Annie Hawks Annie Hawks `` A woman of the century '' May 28, 1836 Hoosick, New York January 3, 1918 Bennington, Vermont Occupation poet, hymnist Language English Nationality United States of America Alma mater Troy Seminary Notable works `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' Spouse Charles Hial Hawks ( m. 1859 ; d. 1888 ) Children Annie Sherwood Hawks ( May 28, 1836 - January 3, 1918 ) was an American poet and gospel hymnist who wrote a number of hymns with her pastor, Robert Lowry. She contributed to several popular Sunday School hymnbooks, and wrote the lyrics to a number of well - known hymns including : `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' ; `` Thine, Most Gracious Lord '' ; `` Why Weepest Thou ? Who Seekest Thou ? '' ; `` Full and Free Salvation '' and `` My Soul Is Anchored ''. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' 4 Personal life 5 References 5.1 Attribution 6 External links Early Life and education Annie Sherwood was born on May 28, 1836, in Hoosick, New York. Her ancestry on her father 's side was English, and on her mother 's side, remotely, Holland Dutch. She was educated in the public schools and in the Troy Seminary. She was never graduated from any school, but she always had a passion for books and read widely. By age 14, she was submitting poems to a local newspaper. Career The first poem which she published appeared in a Troy, New York, newspaper. That poem at once attracted attention and was followed by others which were printed in various local papers. She married Charles Hial Hawks in 1857 or 1859, a member of a New York banking firm, and a resident of Hoosick. In January, 1865, the Hawks removed to Brooklyn. They attended the Hanson Place Baptist Church where Lowry was pastor. Lowry, himself a hymn - writer, encouraged Hawks to compose her own hymns. In 1868, her pastor and friend, Rev. Dr. Robert Lowry, requested her to turn her attention to hymn writing, and her first hymns were written in that year. Among others, these included, `` In the Valley '', `` Good Night '', `` Why Weepest Thou ? '', `` Who 'll Be the Next to Follow Jesus, '' and `` In the Valley. '' Lowry set all of Hawks ' hymns to music. Though Hawks was chiefly known as a writer of hymns, she also wrote many poems. `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' In 1872, the hymn by which Hawks is most widely known, `` I Need Thee Every Hour '', was written. It is said to have been translated into more foreign languages than any other modern hymn at the time of her death. Hawks stated : -- `` For myself, the hymn was prophetic rather than expressive of my own experiences, for it was wafted out to the world on the wings of love and joy, instead of under the stress of personal sorrow. '' Lowry, who wrote the music, went on to say : `` I Need Thee Every Hour '' was written by Mrs. Annie S. Hawks, in 1872, in Brooklyn, New York. I believe it was the expression of her own experience. It came to me in the form of five simple stanzas, to which I added the chorus to make it more serviceable. It inspired me at its first reading. It first appeared in a small collection of original songs prepared for the National Baptist Sunday - school Association, held in Cincinnati, Ohio in November, 1872, and was sung on that occasion. '' Personal Life Annie Hawks Hawks was the mother of three children. She identified with the Baptist denomination. After the death of her husband in 1888, she moved to Bennington, Vermont to live with her daughter and son - in - law. She died there on January 3, 1918, and is interred at the Hoosick Rural Cemetery. References Jump up ^ Annie S Hawks on Hymnary.org, accessed 5 November 2015 ^ Jump up to : Fillmore & Fillmore 1918, p. 67. ^ Jump up to : Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 500. ^ Jump up to : Smith, Jane Stuart and Betty Carlson. Great Christian Hymn Writers. Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway Books, 1997 : 85. ISBN 0 - 89107 - 944 - 0 Jump up ^ Rhodes 2016, p. 68. Jump up ^ Butterworth 1890, p. 248. Jump up ^ Annie Sherwood Hawks on cyberhymnal.org, accessed 5 November 2015 Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Butterworth, Hezekiah ( 1890 ). The Story of the Tunes ( Public domain ed. ). American Tract Society. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Fillmore, Charles M. ; Fillmore, J.H. ( 1918 ). The Choir : With which is Incorporated the Musical Journal. 19 - 20 ( Public domain ed. ). Fillmore Music House. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Rhodes, Pam ( 2016 ). Then Sings My Soul : Reflections over 40 favourite hymns. Monarch Books. ISBN 978 - 0 - 85721 - 721 - 9. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Willard, Frances Elizabeth ; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice ( 1893 ). A Woman of the Century : Fourteen Hundred - seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life ( Public domain ed. ). Moulton. External links Works by or about Annie Hawks at Internet Archive VIAF : 231701173 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annie_Hawks&oldid=824410248 '' Categories : 1836 births 1918 deaths 19th - century American writers 19th - century American women writers American female songwriters American songwriters American lyricists American women poets American Christian hymnwriters Christian poets People from Brooklyn Songwriters from New York ( state ) Women hymnwriters Hidden categories : Source attribution Articles with Internet Archive links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource Polski Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 7 February 2018, at 04 : 17. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the hymn i need thee every hour
Answer: Annie Sherwood Hawks