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You cannot pay with money the millions sons of toil

Hymnal: Universal Hymns #197 (1894) Languages: English

Light For All

Author: Joseph Gostlick Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15026 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: You cannot pay with money Lyrics: 1 You cannot pay with money The million sons of toil— The sailor on the ocean, The peasant on the soil; The laborer in the quarry, The hewer of the coal, Your coin pays hand and sinew, But cannot pay the soul. 2 You gaze on yon cathedral, Whose turrets meet the sky: Remember its foundations In earth and darkness lie; For, were not those foundations So darkly resting there, The tow’rs could never rise up So proudly in the air. 3 The workshop must be crowded That palaces be bright; If ploughman made no furrow, The poet could not write. Let every toil be hallowed, That man performs for man, And have its share of honor As part of one great plan. 4 See, light darts down from Heaven, And enters where it may; The eyes of all earth’s people Are cheered with one bright day. So let the mind’s true sunshine Be spread o’er earth so free, To fill the souls that labor As waters fill the sea. 5 A turner of the soil Need not have earthly mind; Nor digger in the coal field Be held by spirit blind: The mind can shed a light on All worthy labor done, And humble acts shine brightly With radiance of the sun. 6 The tailor and the cobbler, May lift their heads as men— Nobler than Alexander, If he could live again, And think of all his bloodshed, (And all for nothing, too!) And ask himself—What made I As useful as a shoe? 7 What cheers the musing student The poet, the divine? The thought that on his followers A brighter day will shine. Let every human labor Enjoy the vision bright— And let the thought from Heaven Be spread like Heav’n’s own light! 8 O ye who wield the pen, Rise like a band inspired, Ye poets, let your lyrics With hope for man be fired; Till earth becomes a temple, And every human heart Shall join in one great service, Each happy in his part. Languages: English Tune Title: CHENIES