LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 10 10 8 and refrain
| Writer(s): | Christopher Ruby Blackall
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: |
| Bible Refs: | Lk 10:2
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 754
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MUSIC
| Name: | LABOUR ON
| | Meter: | 10 10 10 8 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | William Howard Doane
| | Dates: |
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Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 754
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| 1. In the harvest field
there is work to do,
For the grain is ripe,
and the reapers few;
And the Master’s voice bids
the workers true
Heed the call that He gives today.
Refrain.
Labor on, labor on,
Keep the bright reward in view,
For the Master has said
He will strength renew;
Labor on till the close of day.
2. Crowd the garner well
with its sheaves all bright,
Let the song be glad,
and the heart be light,
Fill the precious hours
ere the shades of night
Take the place of the golden day.
Refrain.
Labor on, labor on,
Keep the bright reward in view,
For the Master has said
He will strength renew;
Labor on till the close of day.
3. In the gleaner’s path
may be rich reward,
Tho’ the time seems long,
and the labor hard;
For the Master’s joy,
with His chosen shared,
Drives the gloom
from the darkest day.
Refrain.
Labor on, labor on,
Keep the bright reward in view,
For the Master has said
He will strength renew;
Labor on till the close of day.
4. Lo! the Harvest Home
in the realms above
Shall be gained by each
who has toiled and strove,
When the Master’s voice,
in His words of love,
Calls away to eternal day.
Refrain.
Labor on, labor on,
Keep the bright reward in view,
For the Master has said
He will strength renew;
Labor on till the close of day.
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