Scripture Verse

Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:25

Introduction

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William F. Sherwin (1826–1888)

Words: Tho­mas E. Mc­Dou­gall, in The Sil­ver Spray, by W. How­ard Doane (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1868), num­ber 140.

Music: Áv­ila Will­iam F. Sher­win, Heart and Voice (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1881), page 31 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mc­Dou­gall (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Oh, come and work for Je­sus,
With cheer­ful hearts and true,
And tell the love of Je­sus,
Who bled and died for you;
Oh, come and work for Je­sus,
In sun­shine or in rain;
The seed you sow for Je­sus
Shall not be sown in vain.

Come, let us work for Je­sus,
By faith and ear­nest pray­er;
The lit­tle ones in Je­sus
Should claim our con­stant care;
Come, let us work for Je­sus,
For hearts are bleed­ing sore,
While ’neath the wings of Je­sus
There’s heal­ing ev­er­more.

Come, let us work for Je­sus,
We’ve ma­ny jew­els rare
To ga­ther yet for Je­sus,
Who shall their lus­ter wear;
Then let us work for Je­sus
Before the sun goes down;
We’ve hearts to win for Je­sus
Ere we can wear a crown.