The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#415

415. Come, Labor On

1 Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle, on the harvest plain
While all around him waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
“Go work today.”

2 Come, labor on.
Claim the high calling angels cannot share;
To young and old the Gospel gladness bear.
Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.
The night draws nigh.

3 Come, labor on.
Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear!
No arm so weak but may do service here;
Though feeble agents, may we all fulfill
God's righteous will.

4 Come, labor on.
No time for rest, till glows the western sky,
Till the long shadows o’er our pathway lie,
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun,
“Well done, well done!”

Text Information

• First Line: Come, labor on
• Title: Come, Labor On
• Author: Jane Laurie Borthwick (1859; rev. 1863; alt.)
• Meter: 4.10.10.10.4
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Matthew 25:23
  ;
  John 4:34-35

Tune Information

• Name: ORA LABORA
• Composer: Thomas Tertius Noble (1918)
• Meter: 4.10.10.10.4
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Copyright © 1918, 1946, 1982 Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.