Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Matthew 20:6
Words: Berty B. Bateman, in Tidings of Glory, edited by Emmett S. Dean (Waco, Texas: Trio Music, 1916).
Music: Alessandria Gether M. Bateman, 1916 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Berty or Gether Bateman (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
All Christians who work in the field,
Expecting to have a great yield,
Must work till the Lord shall appear,
For there is no resting time here.
Refrain
Oh, there is no resting time here;
Work on, till the Lord shall appear;
Bright sheaves we must bring to Jesus our king,
And there is no resting time here.
Dear friend, are you working each day?
Your love do you truly display?
How much on the field have you done,
For Jesus, the Father’s own Son?
Refrain
If faithful to Him you are found,
In Heaven your soul shall be crowned;
And there, with the faithful and blest,
Your soul shall have glorious rest.
Refrain