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Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Why stand ye here? (the Master said) Refrain First Line: Labor for good, labor for good Used With Tune: [Why stand ye here? (the Master said)] Text Sources: Children's Friend

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[Why stand ye here? (the Master said)]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. T. Grape Incipit: 51115 67112 21235 Used With Text: Why Stand Ye Here Idle?

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Why Stand Ye Here Idle?

Hymnal: Loving Voices #7 (1887) First Line: Why stand ye here? (the Master said) Refrain First Line: Labor for good, labor for good Languages: English Tune Title: [Why stand ye here? (the Master said)]

Labor for good

Hymnal: The New Song #107 (1875) First Line: Why stand ye here, the Master said

Labor for good

Hymnal: Notes of Joy, for the Sabbath School #d162 (1869) First Line: Why stand ye here, the Master said

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John T. Grape

1835 - 1915 Person Name: J. T. Grape Composer of "[Why stand ye here? (the Master said)]" in Loving Voices John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore. John Perry