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Text: | Go, Labor On |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Tune: | SONG 34 |
Composer: | Orlando Gibbons |
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; 'tis not for naught;
thine earthly loss is heav'nly gain;
men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
the Master praises- what are men?
3 Go, labor on; enough while here
if He shall praise thee, if He deign
thy willing heart to mark and cheer;
no toil for Him shall be in vain.
4 Go, labor on while it is day:
the world's dark night is hast'ning on.
Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.
5 Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray;
be wise the erring soul to win;
go forth into the world's highway,
compel the wand'rer to come in.
6 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;
for toil comes rest, for exile home;
soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
the midnight peal, "Behold, I come."
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Go, labor on; spend, and be spent |
Title: | Go, Labor On |
Author: | Horatius Bonar (1843) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2023 |
Topic: | Commission |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SONG 34 |
Composer: | Orlando Gibbons (1623) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |