A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#306

306. Life’s Work

All around us, fair with flowers,
Fields of beauty sleeping lie;
All around us clarion voices
Call to duty stern and high.

Thankfully we will rejoice in
All the beauty God has given;
But beware it does not win us
From the work ordained of Heaven.

Following every voice of mercy
With a trusting, loving heart;
Let us in life’s earnest labor
Still be sure to do our part.

Now, to-day, and not to-morrow,
Let us work with all our might,
Lest the wretched faint and perish
In the coming stormy night.

Now, to-day, and not to-morrow,—
Lest, before to-morrow’s sun,
We too, mournfully departing,
Shall have left our work undone.

Text Information

• First Line: All around us, fair with flowers
• Title: Life’s Work
• Author: Anonymous
• Meter: 7s. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866
• Notes: Public Domain.

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