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We'll Work Till Jesus Comes

Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O land of rest, for thee I sigh Scripture: Jeremiah 31:16 Used With Tune: [O land of rest, for thee I sigh]

[O land of rest, for thee I sigh]

Appears in 166 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. Wm. Miller Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 12333 35332 12122 Used With Text: We'll Work Till Jesus Comes

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Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: Christian Hymns #30 (1935) First Line: O land of rest, for thee I sigh Scripture: Jeremiah 31:16 Languages: English Tune Title: [O land of rest, for thee I sigh]

Working for Jesus

Author: William Thomas Dale Hymnal: Onward and Upward #d100 (1898) First Line: We'll work till Jesus comes

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Elizabeth Mills

1805 - 1829 Person Name: Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Author of "We'll Work Till Jesus Comes" in Christian Hymns Mills, Elizabeth, née King, daughter of Philip King, was born at Stoke Newington in 1805; married to Thomas Mills, M.P., and died at Finsbury Place, London, April 21, 1829. Her popular hymn:— We speak of the realms of the blest. [Heaven] is thus annotated in Miller's Singers and Songs, &c, 1869, p. 483: "We are much indebted to John Remington Mills, Esq., M.P. for information about this hymn, written by his accomplished relative. The original has 6 st. and was composed after reading ‘Bridges on the 119th Psalm' (on ver. 44, p. 116), ‘We speak of heaven, but oh! to be there.' . . . Already deservedly a favourite, new interest will be added to this hymn when we know that the authoress was early called to ‘the realms of the blest,' of which she sang so sweetly, and that she wrote this hymn a few weeks before her death." The text of this hymn is usually given in an imperfect form. The corrections are supplied by W. F. Stevenson in his Hymns for Church and Home, 1873, "Children's Hymns," No. 151, and the note thereon. Few children's hymns have been received with more favour. It is found in almost every hymn-book published for Children in Great Britain and America during the last fifty years. In some collections it begins, "We sing of the land of the blest"; and in others,"We talk of the land of the blest," --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)