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Work While It Is Today
Verse 1
Work while it is today!
This was our Saviour's rule;
With docile minds let us obey,
As learners in His school.
This was our Saviour's rule;
With docile minds let us obey,
As learners in His school.
Verse 2
Lord Christ, we humbly ask
Of Thee the power and will,
With fear and meekness, every task
Of duty to fulfil.
Of Thee the power and will,
With fear and meekness, every task
Of duty to fulfil.
Verse 3
At home, by word and deed,
Adorn redeeming grace;
And sow abroad the precious seed
Of truth in every place —
Adorn redeeming grace;
And sow abroad the precious seed
Of truth in every place —
Verse 4
That thus the wilderness
May blossom like the rose,
And trees spring up of righteousness,
Where'er life's river flows.
May blossom like the rose,
And trees spring up of righteousness,
Where'er life's river flows.
Exhortation to Christian labor based on Christ's teaching about working while light remains.