283. Go, Labor On: Spend, and Be Spent

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 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.

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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Go, labor on: spend and be spent
Title: Go, Labor On: Spend, and Be Spent
Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Church Workers; Constancy; Discipleship (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: PENTECOST
Composer: William Boyd (c. 1864)
Meter: L. M.
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Music used by permission of Novello & Co., Ltd.
Notes: Alternative tune, "Missionary Chant," Hymn 494.



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