Advent Hymnals

755. THE DAY OF TOIL

Christ in Song,

1.
This is the day of toil
Beneath earth's sultry noon;
This is the day of service true,
But resting cometh soon.

2.
Spend and be spent would we,
While lasteth time's brief day;
No turning back in coward fear,
No ling'ring by the way.

3.
Onward we press in haste,
Upward our journey still;
Ours is the path the Master trod
Thro' good report and ill.

4.
The way may rougher grow,
The weariness increase,
We gird our loins and hasten on,
The end, the end is peace.
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    Title The Day of Toil
    Key E Major
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    First Line This is the day of toil
    Author Bonar
    Year 1908
    Composer Mornington
    Hymnal -
    Tune MORNINGTON
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    Chorus
    Chorus Type
    Subjects Living His Life: Call to Activity
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