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[While life's summer days go by]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Bryant Incipit: 34511 23321 21655 Used With Text: While Life's Summer Days Go By

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While Life's Summer Days Go By

Author: E. E. Rexford Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: Sow ye then by the wayside Topics: Work-Service Used With Tune: [While life's summer days go by]

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While Life's Summer Days Go By

Author: E. E. Rexford Hymnal: Songs of the Century #92 (1900) Refrain First Line: Sow ye then by the wayside Lyrics: 1 While life's summer days go by, Let us not as idlers stand; While there's work on every side, Waiting for the willing hand. It may not be something grand; What we do men may not know, But the world will better be, For the seeds of good we sow. Refrain: Sow ye then by the wayside, Sow ye then in the field wide, Morning, noon, and eventide, For the reaping by and by. 2 While life's summer days go by, Dark with clouds, or bright with sun, We've a mission—you and I— Let us see it bravely done. There are lovely words to speak, There are burdens we may bear For the weary and the weak— Work is waiting everywhere. [Refrain] 3 As life's summer days go by, We will sing a helpful song; It may brighten many an eye, It may make some faint heart strong. Sing of rest that shall be ours When life's summer days are done, If, by us, in golden hours, Good is wrought and vict'ries won. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [While life's summer days go by]
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While Life's Summer Days Go By

Author: E. E. Rexford Hymnal: The Redeemer's Praise #46 (1906) Refrain First Line: Sow ye then by the wayside Topics: Work-Service Tune Title: [While life's summer days go by]

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Eben E. Rexford

1848 - 1916 Person Name: E. E. Rexford Author of "While Life's Summer Days Go By" in The Redeemer's Praise Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. =============== Rexford, Eben Eugene , an American writer, born July 16, 1848, is the author of Nos. 199, 246, 263, 353, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos), 1878, No. 5, and 456 in the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Rexford, E. E. , p. 1587, ii. Additional hymns by this author in common use include:— 1. He saw the wheat fields waiting. Harvest of the World. 2. O where are the reapers. Missions. 3. Rouse up to work that waits for us. Duty. 4. We are sailing o'er an ocean. Life's Vicissitudes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================

John R. Bryant

Person Name: Jno. R. Bryant Composer of "[While life's summer days go by]" in The Redeemer's Praise
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