Go Labor On Hymn #563 DEUS TUORUM MILITUM A Collection of Lutheran Music ‘Christian Worship’ Edition Hymn #563 Go Labor On Text: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 DEUS TUORUM MILITUM Tune: Antiphoner, Grenoble, 1753 PowerPoint Production © 2009 Donald L. Vossler www.LutheranMusic.com

[1] Go labor on; spend and be spent-- 'Tis joy to do the Father's will. It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?

[2] Go labor on; count not the cost-- Your earthly loss is heav'nly gain. The world indeed will praise you not, But you will share in heaven's reign.

[3] Go labor on while it is day; The world's dark night is hast'ning on. Speed, speed your work, do not delay, For it is thus that souls are won.

[4] They die in darkness at your side #563 - Go Labor On [4] They die in darkness at your side Without a hope to cheer the tomb; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights the thickest gloom.

[5] Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray; #563 - Go Labor On [5] Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray; Be wise the erring soul to win. Go forth into the world's wide way; Compel the wand'rer to come in.

[6] Toil on and in your toil rejoice; #563 - Go Labor On [6] Toil on and in your toil rejoice; For toil comes rest, for exile home. Soon shall you hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight cry, "Behold, I come!"

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