GET SOMEBODY ELSE.
I lie Lord had a i•* I» foi me, But I had so nun h to do, I said, “\ou get somebody else, Or wait till I get through.” I don t know how the Lord came out, But lie seemed to get along; But I felt a kind o’ snc ikin -like Knovved I d done (»od w rong. One day 1 needed the Lord, Needed Him light away. But lie never answered me at all, And I could hear Him say Down in my accusing heart; “Nigger, Lse got too much to do Vou get somebody else. Or wait till I get through.’’ Now, when the Lord He have a job foi me I never tries to ,lm k ; I drops vvhat I have on hand \nd does the good Lord’s woik. And my affairs <an tun along, Or wait till 1 get through; Nobody else can do the woik That (iod marked out for you. Paul Law nine Dunbai
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White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 290, 18 August 1919, Page 6
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165GET SOMEBODY ELSE. White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 290, 18 August 1919, Page 6
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