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Text:Spend And Be Spent
Author:H. Bonar
Tune:ALL SAINTS
Composer:William Knapp

795. 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; 'tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heav'nly gain:
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not:
The Master praises, what are men?

3. 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, labor on; spend and be spent
Title: Spend And Be Spent
Author: H. Bonar
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Living His Life: Call to Activity; Children's Hymns
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ALL SAINTS
Composer: William Knapp
Meter: L. M.
Key: A Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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