Lord, open my eyes to the work to be done

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Lord, open my eyes to the work to be done

Author: Lida Shivers Leech
Tune: [Lord, open my eyes to the work to be done]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Lord, open my eyes to the work to be done,
The fields unto harvest are white;
Accept me I pray for Thy service today,
To win souls for God and right.

Refrain:
Endue me with power today,
Lord, with power to do and to dare;
Thy will ever gladly to do,
Lord, no matter when or where.

2 At home and abroad there is much to be done,
In giving and loving and pray’r;
Lord, give me a vision of wandering souls,
They’re perishing ev’rywhere. [Refrain]

3 Endue me with power to work in Thy name,
My time and my talents to give;
That some wand’ring one thro’ my service and pray’r,
May look unto Thee, and live. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #220

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Author: Lida Shivers Leech

Born: July 12, 1873, Mayville, New Jersey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, California. Leech spent her childhood in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and attended Columbia University and Temple University. She played the organ at Bethany Methodist Church in Camden, New Jersey, served as accompanist at evangelical services, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her lifetime. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Redeemed Thee I’ll Go Anywhere No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Service Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is Lifte… Go to person page >

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