O Be in Earnest

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O be earnest, friends, be earnest

Author: Mary E. Servoss
Tune: [O be earnest, friends, be earnest]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Mary E. Servoss

Servoss, M. E. Hymns by this writer are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1881. (1) “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice" (Joy in the Redeemer); and (2) "When the storms of life are raging" (Refuge in God). Another, "'Tis Jesus when the burdened heart" (Jesus, the Sinner's Friend), is in the Sunday School Union Voice of Praise, 1887. Miss Servoss was born at Schenectady, near New York. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O be earnest, friends, be earnest
Title:	O Be in Earnest
Author:	Mary E. Servoss
Refrain First Line:	Whatsoever, whatsoever
Copyright:	Public Domain