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Work for the Master

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Ever let thy hand be busy Refrain First Line: Work then for the blessed Master! Used With Tune: [Ever let thy hand be busy]
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[Ever let thy hand be busy]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 32132 65312 33432 Used With Text: Work for the Master
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Work for the Master

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #261 (1885) First Line: Ever let thy hand be busy Refrain First Line: Work then for the blessed Master Lyrics: 1 Ever let thy hand be busy, Lay the threads out one by one; Ever ply time’s ceaseless shuttle, Till life’s work is nobly done. Chorus: Work then for the blessed Master! He is with thee day by day; Be Thou faithful to thy calling; Work away! yes, work away! 2 Never heed the idlers round thee, Watchful be with patient eye; Mark thou well the noble pattern, And thy life-work beautify. [Chorus] 3 Hand and eye must work together, Standing ‘neath a light divine; Thou shalt bring a lasting service, And the “Well done” shall be thine. [Chorus] Topics: Christian Work Languages: English Tune Title: [Ever let thy hand be busy]
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Work for the Master

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #33 (1884) First Line: Ever let thy hand be busy Refrain First Line: Work then for the blessed Master! Languages: English Tune Title: [Ever let thy hand be busy]
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Work for the Master

Author: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth Hymnal: Gleanings of Sacred Song #85 (1892) First Line: Ever let thy hand be busy Refrain First Line: Work then for the blessed Master! Languages: English Tune Title: [Ever let thy hand be busy]
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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Ever let thy hand be busy]" 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
J. H. Tenney

Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth

Author of "Work for the Master" in Gospel Praise Book. Late 19th Century
Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth
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