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2003. Go and Work!

1. Christians, wake, no longer sleep;
Shall we rest while others weep?
Shall we sit with folded hands
When the Lord Himself commands?

Refrain
Go and work! this hour begin;
Go and seek the lost to win;
From the dark abodes of sin,
To the feast, oh, bring them in!

2. Do we love the Savior’s name?
Can our faith His promise claim?
Have we pledged to Him our all?
Shall we not obey His call? [Refrain]

3. Do we trust Him as we ought?
Do we live as He has taught?
Are we His, and His alone?
Let our faith by works be shown. [Refrain]

4. There’s a cross that we must bear
If the crown we hope to wear:
Onward, then, with vigor new;
Time is short, the days are few. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Christians, wake, no longer sleep
Title: Go and Work!
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1907)
Refrain First Line: Go and work! this hour begin
Language: English
Source: Best Endeavor Hymns, by Allan Sankey & John R. Clements (New York: The Biglow & Main Company, 1907), number 52
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Frances Hope, one of Fanny's pseudonyms.
Tune Information
Name: [Christians, wake, no longer sleep]
Composer: Ira Allan Sankey
Incipit: 34557 65366 53432
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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