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Be up and doing, for the work

Author: Edward A. Washburne Appears in 5 hymnals

[Be up and doing!]

Appears in 1 hymnal Incipit: 51231 32342 54343 Used With Text: Be Up and Doing!

[Be up and doing, for the work]

Appears in 1 hymnal Incipit: 53332 15554 36567 Used With Text: Be Up and Doing!

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Be Up and Doing!

Hymnal: The Way of Life #52 (1883) First Line: Be up and doing, for the work Languages: English Tune Title: [Be up and doing, for the work]

Be up and doing, for the work

Author: Edward A. Washburne Hymnal: Pure Diamonds #d9 (1872)

Be Up and Doing!

Hymnal: Y.M.C.A. Gospel Songs #58 (1890) Languages: English Tune Title: [Be up and doing!]

1819 - 1881 Author of "Be Up and Doing" Washburn, Edward Abiel, D.D., was born April 16, 1819; graduated at Harvard, 1838; studied theology at Andover and New Haven, and entered the Congregational ministry. In 1844, having been ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, he became Rector of St. Paul's, Newburyport, Mass., where he remained till 1851. Spending 1851-52 in Europe, on his return he became Rector of St. John's, Hartford, 1853-62, and Professor of Church Polity in Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut; also Rector of St. Mark's, Philadelphia, 1862-65; and Calvary, New York, 1865-81. He died Feb. 2, 1881. His works include Social Law of God, 1874, and translations of Latin hymns. A selection from his poems was published in New York in 1881. Some of his translations are given in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869, and other collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)