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Nothing But Leaves
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Author Lucy Evelina Metcalf Akerman Lucy Evelina Metcalf Akerman's bio information February 21, 1816 - February 21, 1874 Born: February 21, 1816, Wrentham, Massachusetts. Died: February 21, 1874, Providence, Rhode Island. Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island. Daughter of Thomas Metcalf, Lucy married Charles Akerman of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Hymns Nothing but Leaves Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/k/akerman_le.html
Composer Silas Jones Vail Silas Jones Vail's bio information October 6, 1818 - May 20, 1883 Born: October 6, 1818, Long Island, New York. Died: May 20, 1883, Brooklyn, New York. Vail was a hatter by trade, but wrote a large number of songs for Phillip Phillips, who was the first to publish Vail’s compositions. His works include: * The Athenaeum Collection, 1863, containing previously unpublished songs by Stephen Foster * Songs of Grace and Glory (with William Sherwin) (New York: Horace Waters & Son, 1874) Sources * Nutter, p. 467 * Reynolds, p. 427 Music 1. Close to Thee, Helen 2. Gate Ajar for Me, The 3. Guiding Hand, The 4. Lyndhurst 5. Nothing But Leaves 6. O Be Saved 7. Scatter Seeds of Kindness 8. Where Is Thy Refuge? Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/v/a/i/vail_sj.html
Arranger A. H. M. A. H. M.'s bio information June 27, 1960 - Born in the Van Wert Ohio Hospital on June 27, 1960, Alvin (Bud) Herman Manz, Jr. was the 3rd of 4 sons born to Betty Manz and firstborn to her second husband, Alvin. His older siblings, John Paul Rose, Jr. (1956) and Joseph Henry Rose (1957), were born to John Paul Rose. In 1958, John Sr. passed away leaving Betty with 2 little boys to care for until she met Alvin Manz and got married to him on October 3, 1959. Bud's younger sibling, Robert James Manz, Sr., was born on August 23, 1961. Bud never married, instead lives with his father just south of Defiance Ohio.
Lyrics Nothing but leaves! The Spirit grieves O'er years of wasted life; O'er sins indulged while conscience slept, O'er vows and promises unkept, And reap from years of strife Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! No gathered sheaves Of life's fair rip'ning grain; We sow our seeds; lo! tares and weeds, Words, idle words, for earnest deeds Then reap, with toil and pain, Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! Sad mem'ry weaves No veil to hide the past: And as we trace our weary way, And count each lost and misspent day, We sadly find at last Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves! Ah, who shall thus the Master meet, And bring but withered leaves? Ah, who shall, at the Saviour's feet, Before the awful judgment seat, Lay down for golden sheaves, Nothing but leaves! Nothing but leaves!

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