Work Away

Take the word and sow it well

Author: E. A. Barnes
Tune: [Take the word and sow it well]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Take the word and sow it well
In the Master’s field,
Let your days be freely spent
‘Mid its precious yield;
Gladly reap what others sow,
As you pass along,
And amid your gospel work
Lift a prayer and song.

Refrain:
Work away, work away,
Gospel workers,
Work and pray,
In the vineyard of the Master,
Work, work and pray.

2 Go where all is dark today
Gospel light to shed,
And to all that hunger now
Take the living bread;
Tell the mission of his life,
And ‘tis sweetly told,
Bring the erring and the lost
To the Master’s fold. [Refrain]

3 Take and bear the gospel hope
Over land and wave,
Tell the glory of his name,
That alone can save;
Sow and reap with ready hand,
Work in faith and love,
Gather in the many sheaves
For the Lord above. [Refrain]

Source: Showers of Blessing #55

Author: E. A. Barnes

Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Take the word and sow it well
Title: Work Away
Author: E. A. Barnes
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Work away, work away
Copyright: Public Domain

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Sacred Trio #370

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Showers of Blessing #55

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The Sacred Trio #370

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