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Text:Work While the Day Lasts
Author:Mrs. C. W. Pember
Tune:[The Master bids you work for Him]
Composer:Alonzo Abbey
Media:MIDI file

7624. Work While the Day Lasts

1. The Master bids you work for Him,
Work while the day doth last;
For the hand will fail, and the eye grow dim,
And night will come at last.
Refrain
Then work, work, work with a willing mind,
Work with a right good will,
While the morning dawns and the sun goes down,
Tho’ idle hands are still.

2. Why wait ye here, and idle stand,
When earth is filled with woe?
With a word of cheer, and a helping hand,
Go to the suffering, go.
Refrain

3. Go to the hearts, bowed down with care,
Tell them of rest on high;
With many a star in your crown so fair,
That waits you by and by.
Refrain

Text Information
First Line: The Master bids you work for Him
Title: Work While the Day Lasts
Author: Mrs. C. W. Pember (1886)
Language: English
Source: Green Pastures for the Lambs, by Alonzo Abbey & M. J. Munger (Cleveland, Ohio: S. Brainard's Sons, 1886), number 5.
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [The Master bids you work for Him]
Composer: Alonzo Abbey
Incipit: 34565 34565 11123
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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