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Why Do Ye Wait?

Author: R. A. Evilsizer

Wife of Louis M. Evilsizer (L. M. Evilsizer), her full name was Ruth Adalyn Hearn Evilsizer. She was born on 05 Oct 1862 in Randolph Co, Deerfield, IN and died on 19 May 1899 in Whitfield Co, Dalton, GA aged 36. Married Louis M. Evilsizer in 1884, they divorced in 1897. Dianne Shapiro Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O why do ye wait?
Title: Why Do Ye Wait?
Author: R. A. Evilsizer (1895)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Sinner will you come
Publication Date: 1895
Copyright: Public Domain

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