The Church Hymnal ‎#501

501. Come, labour on

1 Come, labour on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
While all around him waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
"Go work today."

2 Come, labour 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.

3 Come, labour 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.

4 Come, labour on.
Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear!
No arm so weak but may do service here:
By feeblest agents may our God fulfil
His righteous will.

5 Come, labour on.
No time for rest, till glows the western sky,
While the long shadows o'er our pathway lie,
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun,
"Servants, well done."

Text Information

• First Line: Come, labour on
• Author: J. Borthwick
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: General: Brotherhood, Service, Guilds, Parochial Missions

Tune Information

• Name: ORA LABORA
• Composer: R. P. Stewart
• Meter: 4.10.10.10.4.
• Key: D Major