1 Go, labor on; spend, and be spent;
Thy joy to do the Father's will;
2 Go, labor on: 'tis not for nought;
Thy earthly loss is heav'nly gain;
3 Go, labor on: your hands are weak,
Your knees are faint, your souls cast down;
4 Go, labor on while it is day,
The world's dark night is hastening on;
5 Men die in darkness at your side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb;
6 Press on, faint not, keep watch and pray;
Be wise the erring soul to win;
7 Press on, and in thy work rejoice;
For work comes rest, the prize thus won;