Errands for the King

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In this busy earthly kingdom there is work for all to do

Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Tune: [In this busy earthly kingdom there is work for all to do]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey

Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	In this busy earthly kingdom there is work for all to do
Title:	Errands for the King
Author:	Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The errands for the King requireth haste
Publication Date:	1909
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.