Live to Do Your Duty

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Live to do your duty

Author: William Cushing
Tune: [Live to do your duty]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Live to do your duty,
That your life may bear
Smiles of light and gladness
For a world of care;
Live to do your duty,
Faithful till your die;
Walk the shining glory path to rest on high.

Refrain:
Live, live for duty,
Live, live for duty,
Live, live for duty,
Faithful till you die.
Live to do your duty,
That your life may bear
Smiles of light and gladness
For a world of care;
Live to do your duty,
Faithful till your die;
Walk the shining glory path to rest on high.

2 Live as lives the sunshine,
Lonely hearts to cheer,
When the flow’rs are faded
O’er a pathway drear;
Live to do your duty,
True and faithful be,
Till in glory’s morning land the Lord you see. [Refrain]

3 Live to follow Jesus,
Brave and true and strong;
He will give His children
Victory over wrong;
Live to do your duty,
Faithful till you die,
Then go home where Jesus lives beyond the sky. [Refrain]

Source: Joyful Lays: a new collection of songs, prepared and adapted for the Sunday School #130

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Author: William Cushing

Rv William Orcutt Cushing USA 1823-1902. Born at Hingham, MA, he read the Bible as a teenager and became a follower of the Orthodox Christian school of thought. At age 18 he decided to become a minister, following in his parents theology. His first pastorate was at the Christian Church, Searsburg, NY. He married Hena Proper in 1854. She was a great help to him throughout his ministry. He ministered at several NY locations over the years, including Searsburg, Auburn, Brookley, Buffalo, and Sparta. Hena died in 1870, and he returned to Searsburg, again serving as pastor there. Working diligently with the Sunday school, he was dearly beloved by young and old. Soon after, he developed a creeping paralysis that caused him to lose his… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Live to do your duty
Title:	Live to Do Your Duty
Author:	William Cushing
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Live, live for duty
Copyright:	Public Domain