The Hymnal ‎#376

376. 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; 't is not for nought;
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain:
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises: what are men?

3 Go, labor on while it is day:
The world's dark night is hastening on;
Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.

4 Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray,
Be wise the erring soul to win;
Go forth into the world's highway,
Compel the wanderer to come in.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Go, labor on: spend and be spent
• Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar (1843)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: Missions; God: Will, Doing His; Missions; Ordination Services

Tune Information

• Name: PENTECOST
• Composer: Rev. William Boyd (1868)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Tune used by permission of Novello and Company, Ltd.