The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10006

10006. Labor While We may

1 Life seems but a sparkling river,
Flowing down the "steep of time,"
Bearing trusting spirits ever,
To a happy, holy clime.

Refrain:
'Let us, then, be up and doing,'
Let us labor while we may;
Roses ’round each pathway strewing,
Treading softly all life’s way.

2 We have but a short probation,
Soon our labors will be o’er;
Soon from toil and sore temptation,
We shall rest forevermore! [Refrain]

3 Yes, the night of death steals o’er us,
Calling us from earth away;
And eternity before us,
Beams with light of endless day. [Refrain]

4 Cheering pilgrims, faint and weary,
And with tenderness and love;
Pointing thro’ earth’s darkness dreary,
To the glorious home above. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Life seems but a sparkling river
• Title: Labor While We may
• Author: Melia Z. Haffner
• Refrain First Line: "Let us, then, be up and doing"
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Chiming Voices by James H. Rosecrans and J. F. Toof (New York: Asa Hull, 1893)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune NOVATO by Asa Hull from "Songs of the Golden," 1896

Tune Information

• Name: PALM BEACH
• Composer: J. L. Moore
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain