Always On Duty

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Always on duty for Jesus the King

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [Always on duty for Jesus the King]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Always on duty for Jesus the King,
Serving with voice and with heart,
Out in the highways or byways so dim,
Earnestly doing our part.

Chorus:
Always on duty, serving faithfully,
Always on duty, blessed Lord, for thee;
Called by thy mercy, we will loyal be,
Always on duty, blessed Lord, for thee.

2 Always on duty wherever we go,
Claiming his promises true,
Loyal when pleasures our pathway surround,
Wiling to dare and to do. [Chorus]

3 Always on duty a Christian must be,
Ready his colors to show,
patiently waiting the Master’s command,
Glad in his footsteps to go. [Chorus]

Source: Sunday School Voices, No.2 #103

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Always on duty for Jesus the King
Title:	Always On Duty
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line:	Always on duty, serving faithfully
Publication Date:	1913
Copyright:	Public Domain