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Running the Race

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: On, tho' thy way may be dreary Refrain First Line: Run, the, the race set before thee Lyrics: 1 On, tho’ thy way may be dreary, On, tho’ thou see not the end; On, and O, look not behind thee, Joy shall thy steps soon attend. Chorus: Run, the, the race set before thee, Casting aside ev’ry sin; O, for the bliss set before thee, Run, and the prize thou shalt win. 2 On, tho’ thy feet may be weary, Yonder remaineth a rest; Sit thou not down, nor yet loiter, On, and thy soul shall be blest. [Chorus] 3 On, for thy time quickly passeth, Day is with thee on the wane; On, lest the night should o’ertake thee, Ere the reward thou obtain. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [On, tho' thy way may be dreary]

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[On, though thy way may be dreary]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 11355 65315 65332 Used With Text: Running the Race

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Running the Race

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #206a (1885) First Line: On, tho' thy way may be dreary Refrain First Line: Run, the, the race set before thee Lyrics: 1 On, tho’ thy way may be dreary, On, tho’ thou see not the end; On, and O, look not behind thee, Joy shall thy steps soon attend. Chorus: Run, the, the race set before thee, Casting aside ev’ry sin; O, for the bliss set before thee, Run, and the prize thou shalt win. 2 On, tho’ thy feet may be weary, Yonder remaineth a rest; Sit thou not down, nor yet loiter, On, and thy soul shall be blest. [Chorus] 3 On, for thy time quickly passeth, Day is with thee on the wane; On, lest the night should o’ertake thee, Ere the reward thou obtain. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [On, tho' thy way may be dreary]
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Running the Race

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: The Gem of Gems #31 (1881) First Line: On, tho' thy way may be dreary Refrain First Line: Run, the, the race set before thee Languages: English Tune Title: [On, tho' thy way may be dreary]

Running the race

Author: E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d100 (1880) First Line: On, though the way may be dreary Refrain First Line: Run, then, the race set before thee Languages: English

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[On, tho' thy way may be dreary]" in Gospel Praise Book. John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch

Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Author of "Running the Race" Late 19th Century