Come, labour on

1.

Come, labour on

Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain

While all around him waves the golden train?

And to each servant does the Master says,

“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 tears, to snatch the seed away

While we in sleep our duty have forget

He slumber’d not

4.

Come, labour on

Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear

No arm so weak but may do service here

By feeblest agents can our God fulfill

His righteous will

5.

Come, labour 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”

6.

Come, labour 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