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Author: Charles W. Naylor Meter: 9.7.10.7.11.8.11.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: It may be little that I can do Refrain First Line: From the depths of my heart I will do my part Lyrics: 1 It may be little that I can do, Nor may I have much to say, But in that little I mean to be true, And do what I can today. Refrain: From the depths of my heart I will do my part With a ready and willing hand; And I will not shirk, I will faithfully work In the place that my Lord hath planned. 2 The work He giveth may lowly be, It may not win man’s applause, But if I do what He chooses for me, I know it will help His cause. [Refrain] 3 In vain no service that love may give, No matter how small it be; In God’s remembrance it ever shall live To shine in eternity. [Refrain] 4 In that fair day, when the crowns are brought For those who have faithful proved, There will be one for each soul that has wrought— For all that have worked and loved. [Refrain] Topics: Decision Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:31 Used With Tune: [It may be little that I can do] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Will_Do_My_Part); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Hymnal of the Church of God, 1953 (220)

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[It may be little that I can do]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Byers Used With Text: I Will Do My Part

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I Will Do My Part

Author: Charles W. Naylor Hymnal: Timeless Truths #926 Meter: 9.7.10.7.11.8.11.8 First Line: It may be little that I can do Refrain First Line: From the depths of my heart I will do my part Lyrics: 1 It may be little that I can do, Nor may I have much to say, But in that little I mean to be true, And do what I can today. Refrain: From the depths of my heart I will do my part With a ready and willing hand; And I will not shirk, I will faithfully work In the place that my Lord hath planned. 2 The work He giveth may lowly be, It may not win man’s applause, But if I do what He chooses for me, I know it will help His cause. [Refrain] 3 In vain no service that love may give, No matter how small it be; In God’s remembrance it ever shall live To shine in eternity. [Refrain] 4 In that fair day, when the crowns are brought For those who have faithful proved, There will be one for each soul that has wrought— For all that have worked and loved. [Refrain] Topics: Decision Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:31 Tune Title: [It may be little that I can do]

I Will Do My Part

Author: C. W. Naylor Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Glory #91 (1918) First Line: It may be little that I can do Refrain First Line: From the depths of my heart Topics: Loyalty; Perseverance; Service Tune Title: [It may be little that I can do]

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C. W. Naylor

1874 - 1950 Person Name: Charles W. Naylor Author of "I Will Do My Part" in Timeless Truths Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.V. Smith, DNAH Archives See also: Neidert, David L. (1985). Reformation's Song: A History of Church of God Music. Anderson, Ind.: the author.

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers Composer of "[It may be little that I can do]" in Timeless Truths Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.