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12420. Do Your Best

1 There’s a voice that calls for reapers,
Those who hear are surely blest;
’Tis the voice of Jesus calling,
Work for Him and do your best.

Refrain:
Do your best each day for Jesus,
By and by you will have rest;
But today He calls for reapers,
Work for Him and do your best.

2 Many souls now sit in darkness,
Many hearts are sore distressed;
Bring to them a ray of sunshine,
Work for Christ and do your best. [Refrain]

3 Like a dove perhaps some loved one
Now has flown from the home rest;
Where perchance some heart is breaking,
Go today and do your best. [Refrain]

4 When the shades of evening gather,
God will call you home to rest;
But today He needs your service,
Work for Him and do your best. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There’s a voice that calls for reapers
Title: Do Your Best
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Refrain First Line: Do your best each day for Jesus
Language: English
Source: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [There’s a voice that calls for reapers]
Composer: Rufus Henry Cornelius
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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