Hymn 393
Come, labor on.
Wá, ma ṣiṣẹ
- Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
While all around us waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
"Go work today."- 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. - 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. - Come, labor on.
Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear!
No arm so weak but may do service here:
By feeblest agents may our God fulfill
His righteous will. - 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."- Come, labor on.
The toil is pleasant, the reward is sure,
Blessed are those who to the end endure;
How full their joy, how deep their rest shall be,
O Lord, with thee. Amen.
- Come, labor on.
- Come, labor on.