Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#448

448. All Labor Gained New Dignity

1 All labor gained new dignity
Since He who all creation made
Toiled with His hands for daily bread
Right manfully.

2 No work is commonplace, if all
Be done as unto Him alone;
Life's simplest toil to Him is known,
Who knoweth all.

3 Each smallest common thing He makes
Serves Him with its minutest part;
Man only, with his wand'ring heart,
His way forsakes.

4 His service is life's highest joy,
It yields fair fruit a hundredfold,
Be this our prayer--"Not fame, nor gold,
But Thine employ!"

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: All labor gained new dignity
• Title: All Labor Gained New Dignity
• Author: John Oxenham, 1852-1941
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Christ: Humanity of; Labor Day; Working Man; The Christian Way of Life: Stewardship and Service
• Copyright: From "Gentleman-The King!" 1928, by John Oxenham, renewed, 1956 by Erica Oxenham. Used by permission of Pilgrim Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ALMSGIVING
• Composer: John B. Dykes, 1823-1876
• Key: G Major