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[If working and praying has any reward]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Albert E. Brumley Incipit: 56561 14561 3121 Used With Text: Surely I Will, Lord

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Surely I Will, Lord

Author: Albert E. Brumley Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: If working and praying has any reward Refrain First Line: Yes, I surely will, yes I surely will Used With Tune: [If working and praying has any reward]

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Surely I Will, Lord

Author: Albert E. Brumley Hymnal: Clarion Call #171 (2002) First Line: If working and praying has any reward Refrain First Line: Yes, I surely will, yes I surely will Languages: English Tune Title: [If working and praying has any reward]

Surely I Will, Lord

Author: A. E. B. Hymnal: Spiritual Songs #108 (1956) First Line: If working and praying has any reward Languages: English Tune Title: [If working and praying has any reward]

Surely I Will, Lord

Author: A. E. B. Hymnal: Matchless Gift #115 (1956) First Line: If working and praying has any reward Languages: English Tune Title: [If working and praying has any reward]

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Albert E. Brumley

1905 - 1977 Person Name: A. E. B. Author of "Surely I Will, Lord" in Spiritual Songs Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)
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