M0:|c:Bb|m:2/4|t:EWS 198 Go labor on: spend and be spent|a:Horatius Bonar 1808-1889|h:ERNAN Lowell Mason 1792-1872|r:LM|u:https://hymnary.org/hymn/SSH1905/page/528
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E1:Go, la_bor on: spend and be spent,/your joy to do the Fa_ther's will;/it is the way the Mas_ter went;/should not the ser_vant tread it still?
E2:Go, la_bor on: 'tis not for naught;/your earth_ly loss is heav'n_ly gain;/men heed you, love you, praise you not;/the Mas_ter prais_es-- what are men?
E3:Go, la_bor on: e_nough while here/if he should praise you, if he deign/your wil_ling heart to mark and cheer;/no toil for him shall be in vain.
E4:Go, la_bor on! Your hands are weak,/Your knees are faint, your soul cast down;/Yet fal_ter not; the prize you seek/Is near a king_dom and a crown.
E5:Go, la_bor on while it is day:/the world's dark night is hast'n_ing on./Speed, speed your work, cast sloth a_way;/it is not thus that souls are won.
E6:Men die in dark_ness at thy side,/With_out a hope to cheer the tomb;/Take up the torch and wave it wide,/The torch that lights time’s thick_est gloom.
E7:Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray;/be wise the err_ing soul to win;/go forth in_to the world's high_way,/com_pel the wand'_rer to come in.
E8:Toil on, and in your toil re_joice;/for toil comes rest, for ex_ile home;/soon shall you hear the Bride_groom's voice,/the mid_night peal, "Be_hold, I come."
