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Text:One Day Nearer
Author:R. M. Johnson
Tune:[Let us work with a will for Jesus while we may]
Composer:C. S. Brown

17. One Day Nearer

1 Let us work with a will for Jesus while we may;
He is calling for reapers - let us, then, obey!
Precious moments are passing; let us watch and pray -
Ev'ry day brings us nearer to our home.

Chorus:
Ev'ry day brings us nearer home,
Ev'ry day brings us nearer home,
Ev'ry dy brings us nearer home,
Ev'ry day brings us nearer home.

2 There's a cross to be borne, if we the crown would wear,
There is joy with the angels that we each may share;
Let us rise, then, to duty and for Him prepare -
Ev'ry day brings us nearer to our home. [Chorus]

3 Shall we go empty handed from the harvest here -
With but leaves for the Master, when He shall appear?
Then awake and arouse ye, for the night is near -
Ev'ry day brings us nearer to our home. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Let us work with a will for Jesus while we may
Title: One Day Nearer
Author: R. M. Johnson
Publication Date: 1927
Copyright: Copyright, 1926, by The Gospel Advocate Co., in "Sweeter Than All Songs."
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Let us work with a will for Jesus while we may]
Composer: C. S. Brown
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1926, by The Gospel Advocate Co., in "Sweeter Than All Songs."



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