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[I want to labor for my Savior here below]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Roane Incipit: 51112 33321 65133 Used With Text: I Want to Work for My Lord
[I want to labor for my Savior here below]

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I Want to Work for My Lord

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I want to labor for my Savior here below Refrain First Line: I want to work for my dear Lord Used With Tune: [I want to labor for my Savior here below]
I Want to Work for My Lord

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I Want to Work for My Lord

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Hymnal: Joyful Melodies #4 (1954) First Line: I want to labor for my Savior here below Refrain First Line: I want to work for my dear Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [I want to labor for my Savior here below]
I Want to Work for My Lord

I Want to Work for My Lord

Author: B. B. Edmiaston Hymnal: Singers' Pride #130 (1952) First Line: I want to labor for my Savior here below Refrain First Line: I want to work for my dear Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [I want to labor for my Savior here below]
I Want to Work for My Lord

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B. B. Edmiaston

1881 - 1955 Author of "I Want to Work for My Lord" in Singers' Pride Bernard Bates Edmiaston Born: Ju­ly 16, 1881, Ben­netts, Bax­ter Coun­ty, Ar­kan­sas. Died: De­cem­ber 2, 1964, Bronte, Tex­as. Buried: Fair­view Ce­me­te­ry, Bronte, Tex­as. Bernard was the son of Da­vid W. Ed­mi­as­ton and Geor­gia Ann Flu­ty, and hus­band of El­la Al­len. He stu­died mu­sic un­der Ru­fus Tur­ner, Frank­lin Ei­land, W. H. Law­son, Ber­ry Mc­Gee, Em­mett Dean, G. W. Fields, John Her­bert, and ma­ny oth­ers, and taught sing­ing schools for at least 38 years. He wrote and pub­lished songs through the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, Wa­co, Tex­as, and was di­rec­tor of the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal School of Mu­sic in W­aco. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
B. B. Edmiaston

J. E. Roane

Composer of "[I want to labor for my Savior here below]" in Singers' Pride
J. E. Roane
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