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Weary one

Author: May Agnew Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Afar from God in weariness and sin Refrain First Line: Yes, it washes white as snow

[Afar from God in weariness and sin]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: May Agnew Incipit: 13333 43462 11113 Used With Text: Weary One

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Author: May Agnew Hymnal: Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 #23 (1897) First Line: Afar from God in weariness and sin Languages: English Tune Title: [Afar from God in weariness and sin]

Afar from God

Hymnal: One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music #128 (1899) First Line: Afar from God in weariness and sin Languages: English

Weary one

Author: May Agnew Hymnal: Melodies of Grace and Hope #d5 (1948) First Line: Afar from God in weariness and sin Refrain First Line: Yes, it washes white as snow Languages: English

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May Agnew Stephens

1865 - 1935 Person Name: May Agnew Author of "Weary One" in Hymns of the Christian Life No. 2 Born: 1865, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Died: March 19, 1935, Nyack, New York. Stephens joined the Salvation Army in New York’s 3 Corps in 1890. She helped edit The War Cry, and worked on the training home staff and in the Candidates Department. Around 1897, she began serving as song leader and pianist at the Gospel Tabernacle with Albert Simpson. Two years later, she helped found the Eighth Avenue Mission, and in 1902 married Harold Stephens (later pastor of the Parkdale Alliance Tabernacle in Toronto, Canada). For the next two and half decades she and her husband were traveling evangelists in America, Canada and Britain. Her works include: Missionary Messages in Song, circa 1910 www.hymntime.com/tch