Scripture Verse

For thy work shall be rewarded. Jeremiah 31:16

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Young Peo­ple’s Songs of Praise, by Ira San­key (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1902), num­ber 35.

Music: Luc­ca Ira D. San­key, 1902 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

Let us work and pray to­ge­ther,
With a firm and strong en­dea­vor,
Hearts and hands unit­ed ev­er
In the ser­vice of the Lord;
In His con­stant love abid­ing,
And to Him our all con­fid­ing,
With His gen­tle hand still guid­ing
We shall con­quer through His word.

In the dawn of life’s fair morn­ing,
With its smile our path adorn­ing,
Let us heed the Mas­ter’s warn­ing:
Time is fly­ing, work to­day.
See the roy­al host ad­van­cing,
Armed with zeal, and up­ward glanc­ing,
Full of hope and joy en­tranc­ing;
Let us quick­ly haste away.

Come and join the ranks be­fore us;
Hark, their songs are float­ing o’er us,
Hear the glad and tune­ful cho­rus,
How it vi­brates on the air;
Home is near, and toil is end­ing,
Soon the mount of joy as­cend­ing,
Where the blest their harps are bend­ing,
We shall meet our loved ones there.