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Text:Have I Done My Best?
Author:Edith Sanford Tillotson
Tune:[Have I done my task for the Lord today?]
Composer:Ira B. Wilson

47. Have I Done My Best?

1 Have I done my task for the Lord today?
Have I sowed a seed of grace?
Have I any fruits of my toil to lay
At the throne before his face?

Refrain:
If I have, then I’ve taken another step
In my heav’nly, homeward way;
But if not, I have wasted the precious hours,
I have lost a golden day.

2 Have I done my work for the Lord today?
Any single act or word?
Have I used for good, as it came my way,
What I may have seen or heard? [Refrain]

3 Have I done my best for the Lord today?
Is my heart or mind at rest?
Can I say to him as I kneel to pray,
“I have done my very best?” [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Have I done my task for the Lord today?
Title: Have I Done My Best?
Author: Edith Sanford Tillotson
Refrain First Line: If I have, then I’ve taken another step
Publication Date: 1908
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Have I done my task for the Lord today?]
Composer: Ira B. Wilson
Notes: Public Domain.



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