Hymns for Youth ‎#149

149. Come, Labor On

1. Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
While all around him waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the master say,
"Go work today."

2. Come, labor on.
The enemy is watching night and day,
To sow the tares, to snatch the seed away;
While we in sleep our duty have forgot,
He slumbered not.

3. Come, labor on.
Claim the high calling angels cannot share--
To young and old the gospel gladness bear;
Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.
The night draws nigh.

4. Come, labor on.
No time for rest till glows the western sky,
Till the long shadows o'er our pathway lie
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun,
"Servants, well done."

Text Information

• First Line: Come, labor on
• Title: Come, Labor On
• Author: Jane L. Borthwick, 1813-1897 (Altered)
• Meter: 4 10 10 10 4
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966

Tune Information

• Name: ORA LABORA
• Composer: T. Tertius Noble, 1867-1953
• Meter: 4 10 10 10 4
• Incipit: 56551 76536 65453
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Music copyright 1918; renewed 1946, by the H. W. Gray Company. Used with permission.