Scripture Verse

Go work today in my vineyard. Matthew 21:28

Introduction

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James Rowe (1865–1933)

Words: James Rowe, in Glad News No. 2, ed­it­ed by George W. Ba­con (Hud­son, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1918), num­ber 10.

Music: Fo­ly Jack­son (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

There’s a call for will­ing work­ers
From the King of kings above,
And we an­swer Him with lov­ing hearts to­day.
For He free­ly died that sin­ners
Might be lift­ed by His love,
And, re­joic­ing, go along the shin­ing way.

Refrain

Faithful ser­vice where He needs us
Is what we in­tend to give,
And with voic­es glad His prais­es we will sing;
In the bright­ness of His pre­sence,
For His glo­ry we will live,
Faithful ser­vants in the vine­yard of the King.

Sin is ev­ery­where abound­ing,
And His need of us is great,
For He wants the lost and sad to trust His love.
So for Je­sus we will la­bor,
On our Sav­ior we will wait,
Pointing lost ones to the mer­cy seat above.

We will show our love for Je­sus
Wheresoever we may be,
Till the or­der comes to lay our bur­dens down,
For we want to sing His prais­es
Through the glad eter­ni­ty,
And re­ceive from Him the ev­er­last­ing crown.