Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: After the toil when the morning breaks
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Tune: After the Toil
Hymn Number: 673
Page Number: 246, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics"After the toil," when the morning breaks,
On the bloom-crowned hills of the heavenly land;
"After the toil," when each slumberer wakes,
'Neath the glorified touch of the Infinite Hand.
"After the toil," when the dim earth sinks,
Like a worn-out pebble in eternity's sea;
"After the toil," when each thirsty soul drinks
Of the River that flows thro' immensity.
"After the toil," O shadowing cloud
Of time o'er the face of the Infinite!
When thou shalt be dropped like a worm-eaten shroud,
What a morning will dawn on us after the night!
"After the toil," and the cross that we bear,
Way-worn and weary, through life's creeping years,
Angels will smile on the crown we shall wear,
And the songs of salvation will follow our tears.
"After the toil," O thou who art faint!
Rise from the shadows that darken thy way--
Rise while thy faith's raptured pencil shall paint
All its glorified dream of the Infinite Day.