Laudes Domini ‎#470

470. Zeal

1 Oh, 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
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Activity and Zeal; Activity; Christians: Duties; Church: Work of; Love: For Souls; Missions
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: DARLEY
• Composer: W. H. W. Darley
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.