Pronto la noche viene

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Pronto la noche viene

Author: Mrs. Harry Coghill; Author: Epigmenio Velasco
Tune: WORK SONG (Mason)
Published in 17 hymnals

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1 Pronto la noche viene,
Tiempo es de trabajar;
Los que lucháis por Cristo,
No hay que descansar
Cuando la vida es sueño
Gozo, vigor, salud
Y es la mañana hermosa
De la juventud.

2 Pronto la noche viene,
Tiempo es de trabajar;
Para salvar al mundo
Hay que batallar,
Cuando la vida alcanza
Toda su esplendidez,
Cuando es el medio día
De la madurez.

3 Pronto la noche viene
Tiempo es de trabajar;
Si el pecador perece,
Idlo a rescatar,
Aun a la edad provecta,
Débil y sin salud,
Aun a la misma tarde
De la senectud.

4 Pronto la noche viene, ¡Listos!
A trabajar. ¡Listos!
Que muchas almas
Hay que rescatar.
¿Quién de la vida el día
Puede desperdiciar?
"Viene la noche cuando
Nadie puede obrar".

Source: Cantos Espirituales: para usarse en todos los servicios de la iglesia de Cristo (3rd rev. ed.) #28

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Author: Mrs. Harry Coghill

Coghill, Annie Louisa, née Walker, daughter of Robert Walker, was born at Kiddermore, Staffordshire, in 1836, and married Harry Coghill in 1884. During a residence for some time in Canada several of her poetical pieces were printed in the Canadian newspapers. These were gathered together and published c. 1859 in her Leaves from the Backwoods. In addition to novels, plays for children, and magazine work, she edited the Autobiography and Letters of her cousin, Mrs. Oliphant, in 1898. Her popular hymn,"Work, for the night is coming," p. 317, ii., was written in Canada in 1854, and published in a Canadian newspaper, from which it passed, without any acknowledgement of the authorship, into Ira D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos. Authorized te… Go to person page >

Author: Epigmenio Velasco

Epigmenio Velasco Urda was a choir director, pastor, poet, composer and journalist from Mexico City. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Pronto la noche viene
English Title:	Work, for the night is coming
Author:	Mrs. Harry Coghill
Author:	Epigmenio Velasco
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Public Domain