Text: | Must I Go, and Empty Handed? |
Author: | Charles C. Luther |
Tune: | PROVIDENCE |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins |
1 “Must I go, and empty handed,”
Thus my dear Redeemer meet?
Not one day of service give Him,
Lay no trophy at His feet?
Refrain:
“Must I go, and empty handed?”
Must I meet my Savior so?
Not one soul with which to greet Him:
Must I empty handed go?
2 Not at death I shrink or falter,
For my Savior saves me now;
But to meet Him empty-handed,
Thought of that now clouds my brow. (Refrain)
3 O the years in sinning wasted,
Could I but recall them now,
I would give them to my Savior,
To His will I’d gladly bow. (Refrain)
4 O ye saints, arouse, be earnest,
Up and work while yet ’tis day;
Ere the night of death o’ertake you,
Strive for souls while still you may. (Refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | "Must I go, and empty handed" |
Title: | Must I Go, and Empty Handed? |
Author: | Charles C. Luther (1877) |
Refrain First Line: | "Must I go, and empty handed?" |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 Ref. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Soul Winning |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PROVIDENCE |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins (1878) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 Ref. |
Key: | D♭ Major |