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Text:Come, Labor On
Author:Jane L. Borthwick (1813-1807) alt.
Tune:ORA LABORA
Composer:T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953)

357. Come, Labor On

1 Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain
While all around him waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
“Go work today.”

2 Come, labor on.
Claim the high calling angels cannot share;
To young and old the gospel gladness bear;
Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.
The night draws nigh.

3 Come, labor on.
No time for rest; till glows the western sky,
Till the long shadows oér our pathway lie,
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun,
“Well done, well done!”

Text Information
First Line: Come, labor on. Who dares stand idle
Title: Come, Labor On
Author: Jane L. Borthwick (1813-1807) alt. (1863)
Meter: 4.10.10.10.4.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Christian Church: Mission of the Church
Copyright: Copyright © 1918 by The H. W. Gray Company, a division of Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Tune Information
Name: ORA LABORA
Composer: T. Tertius Noble (1867-1953) (1916)
Meter: 4.10.10.10.4.
Incipit: 56551 76536 65453
Key: A♭ Major



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