Laudes Domini ‎#908

908. Zeal

1 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.

2 Men die in darkness at your side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb:
Take up the torch and wave it wide--
The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.

3 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.

4 Go, labor on: your hands are weak;
Your knees are faint, your soul cast down;
Yet falter not; the prize you seek
Is near,--a kingdom and a crown!

Text Information

• First Line: Go, labor on, while it is day
• Title: Zeal
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Activity; Christians: Duties; Church: Work of; Love: For Souls; Lukewarmness: For Souls; Ministry: Commission; Ministry: Ordination; Missions; Self-Denial
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DARLEY
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major