Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
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:
Meter: 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 933
Page Number: 555, 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 through 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.