I recently came across another hymn by Horatius Bonar, which I have added to my “Poems of Perseverance” file. It is on my office door this week as my Poem of the Week.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cGo, Labor On; Spend, and Be Spent\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
Go, labor on; spend, and be spent;
\nThy joy to do the Father\u2019s will;
\nIt is the way the Master went;
\nShould not the servant tread it still?<\/p>\nGo, labor on: \u2019tis not for nought;
\nThy earthly loss is heav\u2019nly gain;
\nMen heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
\nThe Master praises, what are men?<\/p>\nGo, labor on; your hands are weak,
\nYour knees are faint, your souls cast down;
\nYet falter not; the prize you seek
\nIs near, a kingdom and a crown.<\/p>\nGo, labor on while it is day,
\nThe world\u2019s dark night is hastening on;
\nSpeed, speed thy work, cast sloth away,
\nIt is not thus that souls are won.<\/p>\nMen die in darkness at your side,
\nWithout a hope to cheer the tomb;
\nTake up the torch and wave it wide,
\nThe torch that lights time\u2019s thickest gloom.<\/p>\nPress on, faint not, keep watch and pray;
\nBe wise the erring soul to win;
\nGo forth into the world\u2019s highway,
\nCompel the wanderer to come in.<\/p>\nPress on, and in thy work rejoice;
\nFor work comes rest, the prize thus won;
\nSoon shalt thou hear the Master\u2019s voice,
\nThe midnight cry, Behold, I come!
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Horatius Bonar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I recently came across another hymn by Horatius Bonar, which I have added to my “Poems of Perseverance” file. It is on my office door this week as my Poem of the Week. \u00a0\u201cGo, Labor On; Spend, and Be Spent\u201d Go, labor on; spend, and be spent; Thy joy to do the Father\u2019s will; It …<\/p>\n