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There Is Work for All

Author: J. J. Maxfield Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: As long as we live in the world Refrain First Line: The harvest is waiting

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[As long as we live in the world]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 12333 32256 55333 Used With Text: There Is Work for All

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There Is Work for All

Author: J. J. Maxfield Hymnal: The Gem of Gems #126 (1881) First Line: As long as we live in the world Refrain First Line: The harvest is waiting Languages: English Tune Title: [As long as we live in the world]
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There Is Work for All

Author: J. J. Maxfield Hymnal: Rose of Sharon Hymns #688 (1917) First Line: As long as we live in the world Refrain First Line: The harvest is waiting Languages: English Tune Title: [As long as we live in the world]

The harvest is waiting

Author: J. J. Maxfield Hymnal: Wreath of Praise #d10 (1879) First Line: As long as we live in the world

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[As long as we live in the world]" in Rose of Sharon Hymns 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. J. Maxfield

1801 - 1900 Author of "There Is Work for All" in Rose of Sharon Hymns
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