Search Results

Tune authorities

[Just a little longer to work for Jesus] (Morris)

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. C. H. Morris Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 32323 16511 74343

Author: Mrs. C. H. M. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Just a little longer to work for Jesus Refrain First Line: Just a little longer, just a little longer Lyrics: 1 Just a little longer to work for Jesus, Days for earthly toil are short and few; Just a little longer to fight life's battles, And to prove thyself a soldier brave and true. Chorus: Just a little longer, just a little longer, O my soul be patient, to the end endure; Just a little longer the cross to bear, Then a long eternity the crown to wear. 2 Just a little longer the seed to scatter Out upon the harvest-fields so wide; Just a little longer the sheaves to gather, Coming with rejoicing at the eventide. [Chorus] 3 Just a little longer to lift the fallen, Precious, never-dying souls to save; Just a little longer to tell the story, And to speed the message o'er the ocean wave. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Just a little longer to work for Jesus]

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

"Just a Little Longer"

Author: Mrs. C. H. M. Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #64 (1916) First Line: Just a little longer to work for Jesus Refrain First Line: Just a little longer, just a little longer Lyrics: 1 Just a little longer to work for Jesus, Days for earthly toil are short and few; Just a little longer to fight life's battles, And to prove thyself a soldier brave and true. Chorus: Just a little longer, just a little longer, O my soul be patient, to the end endure; Just a little longer the cross to bear, Then a long eternity the crown to wear. 2 Just a little longer the seed to scatter Out upon the harvest-fields so wide; Just a little longer the sheaves to gather, Coming with rejoicing at the eventide. [Chorus] 3 Just a little longer to lift the fallen, Precious, never-dying souls to save; Just a little longer to tell the story, And to speed the message o'er the ocean wave. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little longer to work for Jesus]

"Just a Little Longer"

Author: Mrs. C. H. M. Hymnal: Treasury of Song #39 (1917) First Line: Just a little longer to work for Jesus Refrain First Line: Just a little longer, just a little longer Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little longer to work for Jesus]

"Just a Little Longer"

Author: Mrs. C. H. M. Hymnal: Eternal Praise #64 (1917) First Line: Just a little longer to work for Jesus Refrain First Line: Just a little longer, just a little longer Languages: English Tune Title: [Just a little longer to work for Jesus]

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. C. H. M. Author of ""Just a Little Longer"" in The New Praiseworthy Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke