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The business [message] of the King

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: There's a story sweet and old, that is waiting to be told Refrain First Line: O the business of the King must not delay
The business [message] of the King

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[There's a story sweet and old]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William W. Bentley Incipit: 12355 65356 11217 Used With Text: The Business of the King
[There's a story sweet and old]

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The Business of the King

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 4 #166 (1907) First Line: There's a story sweet and old Refrain First Line: O the business of the King must not delay Topics: Loyalty, Obedience; Rally Day Tune Title: [There's a story sweet and old]
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The Business of the King

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #509 (1907) First Line: There's a story sweet and old Refrain First Line: O the business of the King must not delay Topics: Loyalty, Obedience; Rally Day Tune Title: [There's a story sweet and old]
The Business of the King

The business [message] of the King

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Zion's Praise #d116 (1925) First Line: There's a story sweet and old, that is waiting to be told Refrain First Line: O the business of the King must not delay Languages: English
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W. Warren Bentley

Person Name: William W. Bentley Composer of "[There's a story sweet and old]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined
W. Warren Bentley

Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Author of "The Business of the King" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/
Alice Jean Cleator
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