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Why Stand Ye Here Idle?

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: MSCC1879 #58 (1879) Refrain First Line: Go work in my vineyard Lyrics: 1 Why stand ye here idle? The householder said; Go work in my vineyard, And ye shall be paid: "No person hath hired us," They answering say; And then to their labor Quickly they haste away. Chorus: "Go work in my vineyard, Our Savior doth say; Why stand ye here idle, Why longer delay? "Go work in my vineyard," Our Savior doth say; "Why stand ye here idle Thro'out the long bright day?" 2 Why stand ye here idle? Our Lord doth inquire; Who works in his vineyard, He giveth his hire: Then speed to your labor, Go every one; The moments are passing, And there is much to be done. [Chorus] 3 Why stand ye here idle? The lab'rers are few; Oh haste to the harvest! 'Tis ready for you: Go thrust in your sickle, And reap with your might; Each sheaf should be gathered, Ere we behold the night. [Chorus] 4 Alas! for the idlers, Lamenting at last; "The summer is ended, The harvest is past: The heat and the burden, The reapers have braved; Our work is unfinished Still, and our souls unsaved." [Chorus] Scripture: Matthew 20:6 Languages: English Tune Title: [Why stand ye here idle?]

Who's on the Lord's Side?

Author: Paulina Hymnal: MSCC1879 #59 (1879) First Line: We're marching to Canaan with banner and song Refrain First Line: Oh, who is there among us, the true and the tried Lyrics: 1 We're marching to Canaan with banner and song, We're soldiers enlisted to fight 'gainst the wrong, But lest in the conflict our strength should divide, We ask, Who among us is on the Lord's side? Chorus: Oh, who is there among us, the true and the tried, Who'll stand by his colors--who's on the Lord's side! Oh, who is there among us, the true and the tried, Who'll stand by his colors--who's on the Lord's side? 2 The sword may be burnished, the armor be bright, For Satan appears as an angel of light; Yet darkly the bosom may treachery hide, While lips are professing, "I'm on the Lord's side." [Chorus] 3 Who is there among us yet under the rod, Who knows not the pardoning mercy of God? Oh, bring to him humbly the heart in its pride; Oh, haste while he's waiting and seek the Lord's side. [Chorus] 4 Oh, heed not the sorrow, the pain, and the wrong, For soon shall our sighing be changed into song; So, bearing the cross of our covenant Guide, We'll shout, as we triumph, "I'm on the Lord's side!" [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [We're marching to Canaan with banner and song]

Brotherhood

Author: Dr. Eli Corwin Hymnal: MSCC1879 #61 (1879) First Line: Oh, the hearts all crushed and bleeding Refrain First Line: When mine eyes the king shall see Lyrics: 1 Oh, the hearts all crushed and bleeding, Who can pass them by unheeding, Who resist the piteous pleading? Chorus: When mine eyes the king shall see, Shall the waiting welcome be, Ye have done it unto me? 2 Lo! our Lord has condescended, To uplift the unbefriended, And the poor man's cause defended. Chorus: When mine eyes the king shall see, Shall the waiting welcome be, Ye have done it unto me? 3 Come he to the pure and holy, Or to save the sinners solely? Lo! he loved the lost and lowly. Chorus: When mine eyes the king shall see, May the waiting welcome be, Ye have done it unto me. 4 When the ruin'd rescued races Sit with us, in heavenly places, Christ-like love shall crown the graces. Chorus: Then mine eyes the king shall see, And the waiting welcome be, Ye have done it unto me. Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, the hearts all crushed and bleeding]

What Shall the Harvest Be?

Author: D. Haydn Lloyd Hymnal: MSCC1879 #62 (1879) First Line: Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair Refrain First Line: Sown in the darkness or sown in the light Lyrics: 1 Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair, Sowing their seed by the noontide glare, Sowing their seed by the fading light, Sowing their seed in the solemn night, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? Chorus: Sown in the darkness or sown in the light, Sown in our weakness or sown in our might, Gathered in time or eternity, Sure, ah sure, will the harvest be. 2 Sowing their seed by the wayside high, Sowing their seed on the rocks to die, Sowing their seed where the thorns will spoil, Sowing their seed in the fertile soil, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? [Chorus] 3 Sowing the seed of a lingering pain, Sowing the seed of a maddened brain, Sowing the seed of a tarnished name, Sowing the seed of eternal shame-- Ah, sure will the harvest be! Ah, sure will the harvest be! [Chorus] 4 Sowing their seed with an aching heart, Sowing their seed while the tear-drops start, Sowing in hope till the reapers come, Gladly to gather the harvest home, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair]

Remembered

Author: P. P. B. Hymnal: MSCC1879 #64 (1879) First Line: Fading away like the stars of the morning Refrain First Line: Ever remembered, for ever remembered Lyrics: 1 Fading away like the stars of the morning Losing their light in the glorious sun. So let me steal away, gently and lovingly, Only remembered by what I have done, Only remembered by what I have done. Chorus: Ever remembered, for ever remembered, Ever remembered while the years are rolling on; Ever remembered, for ever remembered, Only remembered by what I have done. 2 So let my name and my place be forgotten, Only my life race be patiently run; So let me pass away, peacefully, silently, Only remembered by what I have done, Only remembered by what I have done. [Chorus] 3 So, in the harvest, if others may gather Sheaves from the fields that in spring I have sown; Who plowed or sowed matters not to the reaper-- I'm only remembered by what I have done. [Chorus] 4 Fading away like the stars of the morning, So let my name be unhonored, unknown; Here, or up yonder, I must be remembered-- Only remembered by what I have done. [Chorus] Scripture: Psalm 112:6 Languages: English Tune Title: [Fading away like the stars of the morning]

The Song of the Angel Reapers

Hymnal: MSCC1879 #66 (1879) First Line: Oh, we are the reapers that garner in Refrain First Line: We are the reapers! Oh, who will come Lyrics: 1 O where are the reapers that garner in The sheaves of the good from the fields of sin With sickles of truth must the work be done, And no one may rest till the "harvest home." Chorus: Where are the reapers! Oh, who will come And share in the glory of the "harvest home?" Oh, who will help us to garner in The sheaves of good from the fields of sin? 2 Go out in the byways and search them all; The wheat may be there, though the weeds are tall; Then search in the highway, and pass none by; But gather from all for the home on high. [Chorus] 3 The fields all are rip'ning, and far and wide The world now is waiting the harvest tide: But reapers are few, and the work is great, And much will be lost should the harvest wait. [Chorus] 4 So come with your sickles, ye sons of men, And gather together the golden grain; Toil on till the sheaves of the Lord are bound, And joyfully borne from the harvest ground. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, we are the reapers that garner in]

Jesus Loves Little Children

Author: H. R. P. Hymnal: MSCC1879 #67 (1879) Refrain First Line: Children may come Lyrics: 1 Jesus loves little children; He is their friend, His aid he will lend, Like a shepherd he’ll lead them; Come to him, children, today. Chorus: Children may come, Children may come, Children may come to the Savior, Children may come, Children may come, Children may come and be saved. 2 Jesus now doth entreat you, List to his voice, Oh, hear and rejoice; He is ready to meet you, Little ones, turn not away. [Chorus] 3 Jesus now doth command you, Do not delay, Oh, haste to obey; Dangers dark will surround you, If from your Savior you stray. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus loves little children]

Gather Them In

Author: E. E. Rexford Hymnal: MSCC1879 #68 (1879) First Line: Say, little soldiers, who fight for the true Refrain First Line: Gather them in, gather them in Lyrics: 1 Say, little soldiers, who fight for the true, Are you all ready to dare and to do? Oh, have you thought of the work to be done, Down midst the children that many would shun, Living in darkness, the Bible unknown; You must go to them and tell them, each one That in the school here each heart, kind and true, Waits to give welcome! oh this you can do! Chorus: Gather them in, gather them in, gather them into the Sunday School band, Gather them in, gather them in, Show them the way to the far Better Land; Out of the highways and byways of sin, Gather them in, gather them in; Help them this glory immortal to win, Gather, O gather them in. 2 Tell them of Jesus, who loved them so well; Tell them of heaven, where glad anthems swell; Tell them the evil and blackness of sin; Tell them their souls must be spotless and clean. Love them and win them each poor girl and boy, Out of the errors that curse and destroy, Gather them in to the ranks where you fight, Lead them from darkness out into the light. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Say, little soldiers, who fight for the true]

I Am But a Little Lamb

Author: Mrs. M. O. Page Hymnal: MSCC1879 #70 (1879) Lyrics: 1 I am but a little lamb, Yet I know the way, Leading up to heav'n above, Where the angels stay. When at night I lay me down, I'm beneath his care; He can hear my little voice, When I say my pray'r. 2 If he hears a little child, And regards my plea, Will he not the older ones? Let them come and see. Jesus, while he was on earth, Bless'd both small and great, And in heav'n, with crowns for all, Doth he loving wait. Languages: English Tune Title: [I am but a little lamb]

Let the Lower Lights be Burning

Author: P. P. Bliss Hymnal: MSCC1879 #71 (1879) First Line: Brightly beams Our Father's mercy Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning! Lyrics: 1 Brightly beams Our Father’s mercy From his Light-House evermore; But to us he gives the keeping Of the lights along the shore. Chorus: Let the lower lights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave; Some poor fainting, struggling seaman You may rescue, you may save. 2 Dark the night of sin has settled, Loud the angry billows roar; Eager eyes are watching, longing For the lights along the shore. [Chorus] 3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother, Some poor sailor, tempest-tost, Trying now to make the harbor In the darkness, may be lost. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Brightly beams Our Father's mercy]