Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: To the work to the work we are servants of God
Topic: Christian/Work
Writer: Fanny Crosby
Composer: W Doane
Meter: 12s with chorus
Tune: To the Work
Hymn Number: 689
Page Number: 287, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTo the work! to the work!
We are servants of God:
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the balm of his counsel our strength to renew,
Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
CHO.- Toiling on, toil-ing on, toil-ing on, toil-ing on,
Let us hope (and trust), let us watch (and pray),
And la-bor till the Mas-ter comes.
To the work! to the work! Let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the weary be led;
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, "Salvation is free!"-CHO.
To the work! to the work! There is labor for all;
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall,
And the name of Jehovah exalted shall be
In the loud-swelling chorus, "Salvation is free!"-CHO.
To the work! to the work, in the strength of the Lord!
And a robe and a crown shall our labor reward,
When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be,
And we shout with the ransomed, "Salvation is free!"-CHO.