Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#394

394. Go, labor on; spend and be spent

1 Go, labor on; spend and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father’s will:
It is the way the Master went;
Should not the servant tread it still?

2 Go, labor on; ’tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises-- what are men?

3 Go, labor on; enough, while here,
If He shall praise thee, if He deign
The willing heart to mark and cheer:
No toil for Him shall be in vain.

4 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;
For toil comes rest, for exile home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom’s voice,
The midnight peal: "Behold, I come!"

Text Information

• First Line: Go, labor on; spend and be spent
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Third Sunday of Advent; Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity; Septuagesima; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate Tune: DUKE STREET, #316

Tune Information

• Name: MISSIONARY CHANT
• Composer: Heinrich Christopher Zeuner (1832)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.