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

2. [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?

3. [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.

4. [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.

5. [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.

6. [5] Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray;
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[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.

7. [6] Toil on and in your toil rejoice;
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[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!"

8. A Collection of Lutheran Music
Text: Public Domain
Tune: Public Domain
PowerPoint Production © 2009 Donald L. Vossler