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[There is work to do]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley DeForest Ackley Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 12333 21622 11176 Used With Text: If We Will (To the Harvest Field)
[There is work to do]
If We Will
Author: W. C. Poole Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: There is work to do Refrain First Line: There is work that must be done Lyrics: 1 There is work to do
That awaits for you,
There are fields for Christ to till;
Never doubt or fear,
For the Lord is near,
We can do it, if we will!
Refrain:
There is work that must be done,
There are vict’ries to be won;
There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
We can do it, if we will!
2 There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
Does the way grow darker still?
Never doubt or fear,
God Himself is near!
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain]
3 There’s a world to light
In the path of right,
There are souls with grace to fill;
Till the great “Well done”
Of the vict’ry won—
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain] Topics: Service Used With Tune: [There is work to do]
If We Will
If We Will
Author: W. C. Poole Hymnal: Progressive Sunday School Songs #32 (1923) First Line: There is work to do Refrain First Line: There is work that must be done Lyrics: 1 There is work to do
That awaits for you,
There are fields for Christ to till;
Never doubt or fear,
For the Lord is near,
We can do it, if we will!
Refrain:
There is work that must be done,
There are vict’ries to be won;
There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
We can do it, if we will!
2 There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
Does the way grow darker still?
Never doubt or fear,
God Himself is near!
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain]
3 There’s a world to light
In the path of right,
There are souls with grace to fill;
Till the great “Well done”
Of the vict’ry won—
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain] Topics: Service Languages: English Tune Title: [There is work to do]
If We Will
If We Will (To the Harvest Field)
Author: William Charles Poole Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14344 First Line: There is work to do Refrain First Line: There is work that must be done Lyrics: 1 There is work to do
That awaits for you,
There are fields for Christ to till;
Never doubt or fear,
For the Lord is near,
We can do it, if we will!
Refrain:
There is work that must be done,
There are vict’ries to be won;
There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
We can do it, if we will!
2 There are souls to win
From the paths of sin;
Does the way grow darker still?
Never doubt or fear,
God Himself is near!
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain]
3 There’s a world to light
In the path of right,
There are souls with grace to fill;
Till the great Well done
Of the victory won—
We can do it, if we will! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There is work to do]
If We Will (To the Harvest Field)
B. D. Ackley
1872 - 1958 Composer of "[There is work to do]" in Progressive Sunday School Songs Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver.
Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)
B. D. Ackley
William C. Poole
1875 - 1949 Person Name: W. C. Poole Author of "If We Will" in Progressive Sunday School Songs William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
William C. Poole
