The Church Hymnal ‎#500

500. Go, labour on! spend and be spent!

1 Go, labour on! spent 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, labour on! tis not for nought;
Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not,
The Master praises: what are men?

3 Go, labour on! enough, while here,
If He shall praise thee, if He deign
The willing heart to mark and cheer:
No toil for Him shall be in vain.

4 Go, labour on, while it is day!
The world's dark night is hast'ning on:
Speed, speed thy work! cast sloth away!
It is not thus that souls are won.

5 Toil on! faint not! keep watch, and pray!
Be wise the erring soul to win!
Go forth, into the world's highway!
Compel the wanderer to come in!

6 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, labour on! spend and be spent!
• Author: H. Bonar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: General: Brotherhood, Service, Guilds, Parochial Missions

Tune Information

• Name: CAMDEN
• Composer: J. B. Calkin
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: E♭ Major