The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3740

3740. Life in the Loom

1. Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow,
What are you weaving? labor and sorrow?
Look to your loom again, faster and faster
Fly the great shuttles prepared by the Master.
There’s life in the loom! Room for it, room!
There’s life in the loom! Room for it, room!

2. Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow,
Lighten the labor and sweeten the sorrow;
Now while the shuttles fly faster and faster,
Up and be doing the work with the Master.
He stands at the loom! Room for Him, room!
He stands at the loom! Room for Him, room!

3. Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow,
Look at your fabric of labor and sorrow;
Seamy and dark with despair and disaster,
Turn it and lo, the design of the Master.
The Lord’s at the loom! Room for Him, room!
The Lord’s at the loom! Room for Him, room!

Text Information

• First Line: Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow
• Title: Life in the Loom
• Author: Mary A. Lathbury (1902)
• Language: English
• Source: Northfield Hymnal (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow and Main Co., 1902)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Though we don't know this song's origin, the words seem to suggest the author was reaching out to garment factory workers.

Tune Information

• Name: [Children of yesterday, heirs of tomorrow]
• Composer: George Coles Stebbins
• Incipit: 32156 53211 74326
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain