The Things I Cannot Do Alone

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Lord, I would not ask a special blessing

Author: Albert E. Brumley (1956)
Tune: [Lord, I would not ask a special blessing]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Lord, I would not ask a special blessing
Ev'ry time some service should be done;
But I often need Thy loving counsel
In the things I cannot do alone.

Refrain:
I do not ask for strength to move a mountain,
Nor earthly fame or fortune of my own;
I only ask for added strength and courage,
In the things I cannot do alone.

2 When I'm racked with mortal pain and sorrow,
May I spend a moment at Thy throne;
Pleading only for thy tender mercy
In the things I cannot do alone. [Refrain]

3 When my task seems greater than my courage,
And the world would turn my heart to stone;
Be Thou near, O Lord, and gently lead me
In the path I cannot walk alone.

Source: Songs of the Saints #68

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Author: Albert E. Brumley

Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord, I would not ask a special blessing
Title:	The Things I Cannot Do Alone
Author:	Albert E. Brumley (1956)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I do not ask for strength to move a mountain
Copyright:	© 1956, by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co. in "Matchless Gift"