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[There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 55345 16514 33321 Used With Text: On One But You

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay Refrain First Line: No one but you, no one but you Lyrics: 1 There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay, To Jesus be loyal and true; Your service is needed, and duties await That no one can do but you! Refrain: No one but you, no one but you, Will you be loyal and true? There’s work to be done, that souls may be won, That no one can do but you. 2 Go forth with the toilers! the harvest is ripe! Away to the fields that are new! In highway or byway some mission you’ll find, That no one can do but you! [Refrain] 3 The moments so fleeting will never return, Your labor with patience pursue; Wait not for some other to join in a task That no one can do but you! [Refrain] Topics: Personal Work; Work Used With Tune: [There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

On One But You

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Gospel Hymns and Songs #121 (1918) First Line: There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay Refrain First Line: No one but you, no one but you Lyrics: 1 There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay, To Jesus be loyal and true; Your service is needed, and duties await That no one can do but you! Refrain: No one but you, no one but you, Will you be loyal and true? There’s work to be done, that souls may be won, That no one can do but you. 2 Go forth with the toilers! the harvest is ripe! Away to the fields that are new! In highway or byway some mission you’ll find, That no one can do but you! [Refrain] 3 The moments so fleeting will never return, Your labor with patience pursue; Wait not for some other to join in a task That no one can do but you! [Refrain] Topics: Personal Work; Work Languages: English Tune Title: [There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]

On One But You

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: The New Gospel Song Book #19 (1914) First Line: There's work that is waiting, oh, do not delay Refrain First Line: No one but you, no one but you Topics: Work Languages: English Tune Title: [There's work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]

On One But You

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #27 (1913) First Line: There's work that is waiting, oh, do not delay Refrain First Line: No one but you, no one but you Languages: English Tune Title: [There's work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]

People

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "On One But You" in Gospel Hymns and Songs Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[There’s work that is waiting, oh, do not delay]" in Gospel Hymns and 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)