The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church ‎#276

276. Go, Labor On!

1 Go, labor on! spend, 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, labor on while it is day;
The world's dark night is hastening on;
Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.

3 Men die in darkness at your side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb;
Take up the torch, and wave it wide,
The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.

4 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Go, labor on! spend and be spent
• Title: Go, Labor On!
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1843)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1957
• Scripture:
  Matthew 21:28
  ;
  2 Corinthians 12:15

Tune Information

• Name: ERNAN
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1850)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major