The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#584

584. Go, labor on! spend and be spent!

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! 'tis not for naught;
Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises: what are men?

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

4 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.

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!"

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Go, labor on! spend and be spent!
• Title: Go, labor on! spend and be spent!
• Author: Dr. H. Bonar (1843)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Lay Helpers; Associations or Guilds; Work
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: MISSIONARY CHANT

Tune Information

• Name: [Go, labor on! spend and be spent]
• Composer: C. Zeuner
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Public Domain.