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[I'll do what I can for Jesus]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Powell G. Fithian Incipit: 35555 56165 55532 Used With Text: I'll Do What I can

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: I'll do what I can for Jesus Refrain First Line: It may not be much, but I'll do what I can Topics: Children Used With Tune: [I'll do what I can for Jesus]

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I’ll Do What I Can

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Exalted Praise #41 (1901) First Line: I'll do what I can for Jesus Refrain First Line: It may not be much, but I'll do what I can Lyrics: 1 I’ll do what I can for Jesus, Wherever my place may be— I’ll do what I can for Jesus, For He has done much for me. Refrain: It may not be much, but I’ll do what I can, Do what I can—do what I can— It may not be much but I’ll do what I can To make some one happy today. 2 I’ll do what I can for Jesus, Who knoweth that I am small, But says little deeds will please Him And He will accept them all. [Refrain] 3 I’ll do what I can for Jesus, Wherever my feet shall go— I’ll do what I can for Jesus, For Jesus has blessed me so. [Refrain] 4 I’ll do what I can for Jesus, Yes—cheerfully do my part— I’ll do what I can for Jesus, And do it with loving heart. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I'll do what I can for Jesus]

I'll Do What I Can

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Hymns that Help #119 (1903) First Line: I'll do what I can for Jesus Refrain First Line: It may not be much, but I'll do what I can Languages: English Tune Title: [I'll do what I can for Jesus]

I'll Do What I Can

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Songs for Work and Worship #149 (1900) First Line: I'll do what I can for Jesus Refrain First Line: It may not be much, but I'll do what I can Topics: Children Languages: English Tune Title: [I'll do what I can for Jesus]

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Mrs. Frank A. Breck

1855 - 1934 Author of "I'll Do What I Can" in Songs for Work and Worship See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "I'll Do What I can" in Gospel Melodies Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

Powell G. Fithian

b. 1861 Composer of "[I'll do what I can for Jesus]" in Gospel Melodies Born: April 30, 1861, Greenwich Township (now Gibbstown), New Jersey. Fithian was music director for the public schools in Camden, New Jersey. He and his wife Julia were both listed in the 1910 and 1920 census, but his wife appears alone in the 1930 census. Powell’s works include: Songs of the Mercy Seat, with George Hugg (Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1899) Songs for Work and Worship, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz & Company, 1900) Exalted Praise, with Howard Entwisle (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1901) Heavenly Sunlight, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1902) The Fithian Music Primer (New York: American Book Company, 1915) --www.hymntime.com/tch/