469 | Laudes Domini#470 | 471 |
Text: | Zeal |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Tune: | DARLEY |
Composer: | W. H. W. Darley |
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 | |
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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(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DARLEY |
Composer: | W. H. W. Darley |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |