O Master Workman of the Race

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1 O Master Workman of the race,
Thou Man of Galilee,
Who with the eyes of early youth
Eternal things did see;
We thank Thee for Thy boyhood faith
That shone Thy whole life through;
"Did ye not know it is my work
My Father’s work to do?"

2 O Carpenter of Nazareth,
Builder of life divine,
Who shapest man to God’s own law,
Thyself the fair design:
Build us a tower of Christ-like height,
That we the land may view,
And see, like Thee, our noblest work,
Our Father’s work to do.

3 O Thou who dost the vision send
And givest each his task,
And with the task sufficient strength:
Show us Thy will, we ask;
Give us a conscience bold and good;
Give us a purpose true,
That it may be our highest joy
Our Father’s work to do.

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #248

Author: Jay T. Stocking

Clergyman; held posts at various NE churches; d. St. Louis, Mo. Go to person page >

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First Line: O Master workman of the race
Title: O Master Workman of the Race
Author: Jay T. Stocking (1912)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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MATERNA


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ST. MICHAELS (German)

ST. MICHAEL'S is an anonymous tune first published by William Gawler (b. Lambeth, London, England, 1750; d. London, 1809) in 1789 in his London collection Hymns and Psalms Used at the Asylum for Female Orphans (1785-1789). Gawler was organist at the Asylum of Refuge for French Orphans in Lambeth, th…

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