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[If you have a work to do]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. J. Vail Incipit: 13516 55522 44313 Used With Text: The Time for Action
[If you have a work to do]
The Time for Action
Author: R. S. Cummings Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: If you have a work to do Used With Tune: [If you have a work to do]
The Time for Action
The Time for Action
Author: R. S. Cummings Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #293 (1885) First Line: If you have a work to do Lyrics: 1 If you have a work to do,
Wait not till tomorrow;
Putting off from day to day
Brings but care and sorrow.
Let no short but precious hour
Pass you by unheeded,
But while time is given you
Do the work that’s needed.
2 When you have the golden chance,
Help some needy brother;
For each blessing you bestow
God will give another.
Freely give of ev’ry good
God to you has given;
And upon you He will shower
Choicest gifts from heaven.
3 Whatsoe’er you find to do
For yourself or neighbor,
Do it now, no other time
Is there giv’n for labor.
And when toil and cares are o’er,
Earthly ties shall sever;
You shall hear the welcome word,
“Come and rest forever.”
Languages: English Tune Title: [If you have a work to do]
The Time for Action
The Time for Action
Author: R. S. Cummings Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #59 (1884) First Line: If you have a work to do Languages: English Tune Title: [If you have a work to do]
The Time for Action
The Time for Action
Author: R. S. Cummings Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Delight #127 (1898) First Line: If you have a work to do Languages: English Tune Title: [If you have a work to do]
The Time for Action
S. J. Vail
1818 - 1883 Composer of "[If you have a work to do]" in Gospel Praise Book. In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music.
--Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.
S. J. Vail
