The Hymnal ‎#490

490. Go, labour on! spend and be spent!

Go, labour 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?

Go, labour on! 'tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises: what are men?

Go, labour on! enough, while here,
If he shall praise thee, if he deign
The willing heart to mark and cheer:
No toil for him shall be in vain.

Go, labour 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.

447
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!

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

• First Line: Go, labour on! spend and be spent!
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)
• Meter: L.M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Ember Days and Ordination; Brotherhood and Service; Sunday Schools: General Use

Tune Information

• Name: ANGEL'S SONG
• Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
• Meter: L.M
• Incipit: 11123 42513 45254
• Key: F Major