Verse 1

Go, labor on: spend and be spent, your joy to do the Father's will; it is the way the Master went; should not the servant tread it stil

Verse 2

Go, labor on: 'tis not for naught; your earthly loss is heav'nly gain; men heed you, love you, praise you not; the Master praises-- what are men?

Verse 3

Go, labor on: enough while here if he should praise you, if he deign your willing heart to mark and cheer; no toil for him shall be in vain.

Verse 4

Go, labor on while it is day: the world's dark night is hast'ning on. Speed, speed your work, cast sloth away; it is not thus that souls are won.

Verse 5

Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray; be wise the erring soul to win; go forth into the world's highway, compel the wand'rer to come in.

Verse 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 peal, Behold, I come.