August 17 Annie S. Hawks, 1835–1918 Refrain added by Robert Lowry In the day of my trouble I will call to You, for You will answer me. (Psalm 86:7) This deeply personal hymn came from the heart of a busy housewife and mother who had no idea of the spiritual strength that her own hastily written words would bring her later during a sorrowful time in her life. The author, Annie S. Hawks, has left this account about the writing of her poem in 1872: One day as a young wife and