Must I Go, And Empty-Handed?
- Words:
- C. C. Luther
- Music:
- George C. Stebbins
Sheet music
- 1“Must I go, and empty handed.”Thus my dear Redeemer meet?Not one day of service give Him,Lay no trophy at His feet?“Must I go, and empty handed?”Must I meet my Savior so?Not one soul with which to greet Him;Must I empty handed go?
- 2O the years in sinning wasted,Could I but recall them now,I would give them to my Savior,To His will I’d gladly bow.“Must I go, and empty handed?”Must I meet my Savior so?Not one soul with which to greet Him;Must I empty handed go?
- 3O ye saints, arouse, be earnest,Up and work while yet ’tis day;Ere the night of death o’er-take thee,Strive for souls while still you may.“Must I go, and empty handed?”Must I meet my Savior so?Not one soul with which to greet Him;Must I empty handed go?
In the hymnals
- Written in 1877, the words are in 154 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.