Go Ad-Free
If you regularly use Hymnary.org, you might benefit from eliminating ads. Consider buying a subscription.
Text: | Go, labor on, while yet 'tis day |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Tune: | OAKLAND |
Composer: | F. E. Belden |
1 Go, labor on, while yet 'tis 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 yet 'tis day |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Church: Ministry and Missions |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | OAKLAND |
Composer: | F. E. Belden |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #212, 301, or 538. |