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Lead Me, Guide Me
Author: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 Appears in 42 hymnals Person Name: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 First Line: I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Topics: Lent; Guidance; Reconciliation; Reformation; Trust Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Used With Tune: [I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r]
Lead Me, Guide Me
There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place
Author: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Appears in 40 hymnals Person Name: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Refrain First Line: Sweet Holy Spirit, sweet heavenly Dove Topics: Pentecost; Praise, Thanksgiving Scripture: John 4:23 Used With Tune: SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT
There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author: George N. Allen, 1812-1877; Thomas A. Dorsey, 1899-1993 Appears in 110 hymnals Person Name: George N. Allen, 1812-1877 Refrain First Line: It is well with my soul Topics: Struggle, Faith; Burial; Guidance; Healing, Forgiveness; Hope, Comfort; Suffering; Trust Scripture: John 16:13 Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LORD
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
[I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r]
Appears in 40 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922; Richard Smallwood Person Name: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32132 11222 66654 Used With Text: Lead Me, Guide Me
[I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r]
SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT
Appears in 48 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Person Name: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 34516 51233 54432 Used With Text: There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place
SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT
[Hallelujah, hallelujah]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Fernando G. Allen Person Name: Fernando G. Allen Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12314 45675 11 Used With Text: Hallelujah
[Hallelujah, hallelujah]
Lead Me, Guide Me
Author: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 Hymnal: TFBF1999 #70 (1999) Person Name: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 First Line: I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Topics: Lent; Guidance; Reconciliation; Reformation; Trust Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Languages: English Tune Title: [I am weak and I need thy strength and pow'r]
Lead Me, Guide Me
There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place
Author: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Hymnal: TFBF1999 #102 (1999) Person Name: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Refrain First Line: Sweet Holy Spirit, sweet heavenly Dove Topics: Pentecost; Praise, Thanksgiving Scripture: John 4:23 Languages: English Tune Title: SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT
There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place
Hallelujah
Hymnal: TFBF1999 #27 (1999) Person Name: Fernando G. Allen First Line: Hallelujah, hallelujah Lyrics: Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah. Topics: Service Music Languages: English Tune Title: [Hallelujah, hallelujah]
Hallelujah
Larry Adams
Hymnal Number: 32 Arranger of "[Holy, holy, holy holy, holy Lord] (Brown)" in This Far By Faith
Larry Adams
Biodun Adebesin
b. 1928 Person Name: Biodun Adebesin, b. 1928 Hymnal Number: 145 Translator of "Jesus, We Want to Meet " in This Far By Faith Adebesin, Biodun Akinremi Olvsoji. (Lagos, Nigeria, January 1, 1928-- ). He began playing piano at the age of nine and continued studying music in school and college. He earned a certificate from Cambridge and was an associate of the Royal College of Music. He performed in jazz, theater, and club bands and orchestras. Adebesin was a teacher, banker, civil servant, and a member of the Nigerian diplomatic service. He authored Okanlawon and Ale Wa Adara and translated "Jesus, we want to meet."
--Carlton R. Young, DNAH Archives
Biodun Adebesin
Doris Akers
1923 - 1995 Person Name: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Hymnal Number: 102 Author of "There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place" in This Far By Faith Doris Mae Akers USA 1923-1995. Born at Brookfield, MO, one of nine siblings, her (inter-racial) parents divorced when she was age three. She then lived with her mother, who remarried when she was age six. They lived in Kirksville, MO. Some of her brothers lived with her father after the divorce. The family attended the Bethel AME Church in Kirksville, where she learned to play piano by ear at age six. She wrote her first song at age 10. In the 1930s she formed a singing gospel group with siblings, Edward, Marian, and Donald, who went by the name ‘Dot and the Swingsters’. Early in her career (1938) she moved to Los Angeles, CA. There she became known for her work with the ‘Sky Pilot Choir’, an integrated group that made recordings and appeared on Radio and TV across the country. Her fresh, modern arrangements of traditional negro spirituals drew large crowds from far and near, and increased her church’s attendance dramatically. Her choir group released three record albums. She recorded solos in 1963 and also collaborated with the Statemen Quartet in 1964. She ended working with the choir in 1965, but reunited with it again in 1974 to make a 4th recording for RCA Victor. In 1970 she moved to Columbus, OH, where she continued composing, recording, and traveling. In the 1980s she released a new gospel album each year on a regional Midwest label. She also released a few albums in Canada (not distributed in the U S). In the 1990s she began recording for the Gaither label and appeared in some of their TV productions and concerts. She was affectionately known as ‘Miss Gospel Music’, respected and admired by everyone in the gospel music business. By this time, she had mastered vocalization, keyboards, choir directing, arranging, composing, and publishing. She worked with many of the early pioneers in gospel music and authored gospel compositions, some selling millions of records for other performers and evangelists. In her final years she was Minister of Music at Grace Temple Deliverance Center, Minneapolis, MN. In 1994 she broke her ankle, and also discovered she had spinal cancer. She died at Edina, MN. She never married. She wrote 500+ songs. She received many awards over the years, including ‘Gospel Music Composer of the Year’ (for both years 1960 and 1961). In 1976, the city of Kirksville, MO, held “Doris Akers’ Day’, featuring her as the headline act, as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over 20,000 attended the celebration there. In 1992 she was honored by the Smithsonian Institution as ‘The Foremost Gospel Writer in the U S’. Her works include eight collections of music. In 2001 she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2011 she was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
John Perry
Doris Akers
