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[We need Thee, Lord, we need Thee now]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. B. Sebren. Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51113 21613 55532 Used With Text: While The Years Roll On

Author: J. M. Allen Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now Refrain First Line: While the years roll on, roll on Used With Tune: [We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now]

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While the Years Roll On

Author: J. M. Allen Hymnal: Pleasures of Heaven #45 (1926) First Line: We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now Refrain First Line: While the years roll on, roll on Languages: English Tune Title: [We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now]

While the Years Roll On

Author: J. M. Allen Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #45 (1930) First Line: We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now Refrain First Line: While the years roll on, roll on Languages: English Tune Title: [We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now]

While the Years Roll On

Author: J. M. Allen Hymnal: Select Radio Songs #69 (1946) First Line: We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now Refrain First Line: While the years roll on, roll on Languages: English Tune Title: [We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now]

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A. B. Sebren

1879 - 1963 Composer of "[We need Thee Lord, we need Thee now]" in Songs of Inspiration Arthur B. Sebren, was born August 15, 1879 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the third of twelve children born to Richard Henry and Sarah Jane Roe Sebren. Arthur was a vocalist, teacher, and composer and was the brother of George Washington Sebren who himself was a well-known singer, composer and publisher. Beginning in 1925, Arthur was the baritone in the Vaughan Happy Two along with tenor Cullie G. Wilson. The popular duo traveled throughout the United States and recorded under both the Vaughan and Victor labels. Arthur wrote many songs but is best remembered for "I'll Be No Stranger There", written with J.H. Alcon and recorded by the Chuck Wagon Gang in 1941, and "Rockin' On The Waves", recorded by the Vaughan Quartet , the Speer Family, the Brown's Ferry Four, and still popular with quartet groups today. Arthur died on May 9, 1963 in Houston, Texas. He is buried in the Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston with his wife, Effie Hurley Sebren. Debbie Sebren Rice (great niece of A. B. Sebren)