Bilingual

To The Work

Words:
T. M. Westrup
Music:
William H. Doane

Sheet music

  1. 1To the work! To the work!We are servants of God,Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew,Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on, (toiling on,)Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on; (toiling on;)Let us hope, (and trust,) let us watch, (and pray,)And labor till the Master comes.
  2. 2To the work! To the work!Let the hungry be fed;To the fountain of life let the weary be led;In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,While we herald the tidings,“Salvation is free!"Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on, (toiling on,)Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on; (toiling on;)Let us hope, (and trust,) let us watch, (and pray,)And labor till the Master comes.
  3. 3To the work! To the work!There is labor for all;For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;And the love of Jehovah exalted shall be,In the loudswelling chorus,"Salvation is free!"Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on, (toiling on,)Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on; (toiling on;)Let us hope, (and trust,) let us watch, (and pray,)And labor till the Master comes.
  4. 4To the work! to the work!In the strength of the LordAnd a robe and a crown shall our labor reward;When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be,And we shout with the ransom’d“Salvation is free!”Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on, (toiling on,)Toiling on, (Toiling on,) toiling on; (toiling on;)Let us hope, (and trust,) let us watch, (and pray,)And labor till the Master comes.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1871, the words are in 290 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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