"I Need Thee Every Hour"

Episode 11: The history behind “I Need Thee Every Hour”: From an early age, Annie Sherwood Hawks read avidly and wrote poetry. After she married, her pastor--Dr. Robert S. Lowry--offered to write music if she would write words for songs. They coauthored "I Need Thee Every Hour," and it was published in 1873. This program also features contemporary renditions of this hymn by the following artists: Kenneth Cope, Michael Dowdle, Kurt Bestor, Octapella, the Small-Torres Guitar Duo, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.