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Text:Up and Doing
Author:E. E. Hewitt
Tune:[Hear the Master as he bade farewell]
Composer:W. A. Post

150. Up and Doing

1 Hear the Master as he bade farewell;
This the message, Christian, go and tell;
Tell the story of his pow’r to save,
Since his life he gave.

Chorus:
Up and doing, at the King’s command,
Ev’rywhere will go the herald band;
Spread the Gospel, spread the Gospel,
Send its light to ev’ry land.

2 Humbly listen to the King’s command,
Bear good tidings now to ev’ry land;
“Unto all the world” his word must go,
Blessing to bestow. [Chorus]

3 Onward marching, at the King’s command,
Hasten, hasten, in a work so grand,
Till the nations see the heav’nly Light—
Know his saving might. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Hear the Master as he bade farewell
Title: Up and Doing
Author: E. E. Hewitt
Refrain First Line: Up and doing, at the King's command
Language: English
Publication Date: 1913
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Hear the Master as he bade farewell]
Composer: W. A. Post
Notes: Public Domain.



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