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[Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 13565 35111 56533 Used With Text: We Will Work and Pray

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We Will Work and Pray

Author: Sallie Keep Best Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray Refrain First Line: We will work, we will wait Lyrics: 1 Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray, Till the battle here is o’er; Till we rest with Christ in His heavenly home, On that bright and shining shore. Refrain: We will work, we will wait, We will always watch and pray, We will work, we will wait, We will watch, always watch and pray. 2 Let us work and pray, care will drift away If we toil with prayerful thought, And we ne’er may know as we onward go, What a crown of joy we’ve wrought. [Refrain] 3 Let us work and pray lest the tempter come And should find an idle hand, For He ne’er will stay, but will speed away From a working, praying band. [Refrain] 4 Christ will lead us on through the valleys deep Where the gentle waters flow, Guide and keep our feet, should the way be steep He’ll be with us where we go. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]
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We Will Work and Pray

Author: J. B. Vaughan Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray Refrain First Line: We will work, we will wait Lyrics: 1 Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray, Till the battle here is o’er; One by one we all shall be gathered home, And we’ll rest forevermore. Refrain: We will work, we will wait, We will always watch and pray, We will work, we will wait, We will watch, always watch and pray. 2 Blessed light, shine on, lead us safely thro’ Where the gentle waters flow; Guide and keep our feet near Thee all the way Till our pilgrimage is o’er. [Refrain] 3 Yes, we all must work, we must watch and pray, And the battle ne’er give o’er; By and by we’ll anchor in Thy blest home, On that bright and shining shore. [Refrain] Topics: Work - Works Scripture: Matthew 26:41 Used With Tune: [Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]

Wachet und betet!

Author: J. B. V.; E. C. Magaret Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Mit Gebet und Fleh'n Refrain First Line: Ringt und fleht, im Gebet! Used With Tune: [Mit Gebet und Fleh'n]

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We Will Work and Pray

Author: Sallie Keep Best Hymnal: Sunshine No. 2 #7 (1904) First Line: Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray Refrain First Line: We will work, we will wait Lyrics: 1 Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray, Till the battle here is o’er; Till we rest with Christ in His heavenly home, On that bright and shining shore. Refrain: We will work, we will wait, We will always watch and pray, We will work, we will wait, We will watch, always watch and pray. 2 Let us work and pray, care will drift away If we toil with prayerful thought, And we ne’er may know as we onward go, What a crown of joy we’ve wrought. [Refrain] 3 Let us work and pray lest the tempter come And should find an idle hand, For He ne’er will stay, but will speed away From a working, praying band. [Refrain] 4 Christ will lead us on through the valleys deep Where the gentle waters flow, Guide and keep our feet, should the way be steep He’ll be with us where we go. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]
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We Will Work and Pray

Author: J. B. Vaughan Hymnal: Gospel Herald in Song #16 (1899) First Line: Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray Refrain First Line: We will work, we will wait Lyrics: 1 Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray, Till the battle here is o’er; One by one we all shall be gathered home, And we’ll rest forevermore. Refrain: We will work, we will wait, We will always watch and pray, We will work, we will wait, We will watch, always watch and pray. 2 Blessed light, shine on, lead us safely thro’ Where the gentle waters flow; Guide and keep our feet near Thee all the way Till our pilgrimage is o’er. [Refrain] 3 Yes, we all must work, we must watch and pray, And the battle ne’er give o’er; By and by we’ll anchor in Thy blest home, On that bright and shining shore. [Refrain] Topics: Work - Works Scripture: Matthew 26:41 Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]
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We Will Work and Pray

Author: Sallie K. Best Hymnal: Gospel Carols #80 (1905) First Line: Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray Refrain First Line: We will work, we will wait Languages: English Tune Title: [Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Composer of "[Let us work and wait, let us watch and pray]" in Sunshine No. 2 John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: No­vem­ber 22, 1840, Row­ley, Mass­a­chu­setts. Born just af­ter the pre­si­den­tial cam­paign of "Tip­pe­ca­noe and Ty­ler, too," Ten­ney was named af­ter Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Will­iam Hen­ry Har­ri­son. A dea­con in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Line­brook, Mass­a­chu­setts, he ed­it­ed or was as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of over 30 books, and con­trib­ut­ed to hun­dreds more. His works in­clude: Amer­i­can Male Choir Temperance Jew­els, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1879) Bells of Vic­to­ry, with Eli­sha Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Oliv­er Dit­son & Com­pa­ny, 1888) Gems of Gos­pel Song Golden Sun­beams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Bea­con Light The Sing­ing School Ban­ner The An­them Of­fer­ing The Amer­i­can An­them Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swell­ing Flood Cancún Come to Je­sus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Pray­er Jesus Is Pass­ing This Way Jubilate! My An­chor Is Hold­ing Nothing Be­tween Onward Christ­ian Sol­diers Sabbath Bell San Fran­cis­co We’ll Ne­ver Say Good­bye Where Will You Spend Eter­ni­ty? --www.hymntime.com/tch

J. B. Vaughan

1862 - 1918 Author of "We Will Work and Pray" in Gospel Herald in Song John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, El­bert Coun­ty, Georg­ia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georg­ia. Buried: Oco­nee Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gos­pel song writ­er and mu­sic pub­lish­er. At one time he taught at the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal mu­sic school in Wa­co, Tex­as. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Some­where There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glo­ry By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23551328

Sallie K. Best

1860 - 1951 Person Name: Sallie Keep Best Author of "We Will Work and Pray" in Sunshine No. 2 Mrs. Sallie Lucinda (Keep) Best
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