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Text:Must I Go and Empty-Handed
Author:Charles C. Luther, 1847-1924
Tune:MUST I GO AND EMPTY-HANDED
Composer:George C. Stebbins, 1846-1945

856. Must I Go and Empty-Handed

Text Information
First Line: "Must I go, and empty-handed"
Title: Must I Go and Empty-Handed
Author: Charles C. Luther, 1847-1924
Refrain First Line: "Must I go and empty-handed?"
Meter: 8.7.8.7. with Ref.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Life: Stewardship
Notes: Every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Rom. 14:12. Every man's work shall be made manifest. I Cor. 3:13. Not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. Jas. 1:25.
Tune Information
Name: MUST I GO AND EMPTY-HANDED
Composer: George C. Stebbins, 1846-1945
Meter: 8.7.8.7. with Ref.
Key: D Major
Notes: M.M. 96



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