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Working for the Master

Author: E. R Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Are you working for the Master, Working as He biddeth you? Refrain First Line: Working, working for the Master

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[Are you working for the Master]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. E. Helton Incipit: 34556 65432 11123 Used With Text: Working for the Master

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Working for the Master

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Golden Songs of Glory #90 (1906) First Line: Are you working for the Master Refrain First Line: Working, working for the Master Languages: English Tune Title: [Are you working for the Master]

Working, working for the Master

Author: Eden Reade Latta Hymnal: In His Name #d8 (1916) First Line: Are you working for the Master Languages: English

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reade Latta Author of "Working, working for the Master" in In His Name Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

Alfred E. Helton

Person Name: A. E. Helton Composer of "[Are you working for the Master]" in Golden Songs of Glory
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