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Ora Labora

Come, labor on

541

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

4. 10 10. 10 4

Modality

A♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Jane Laurie Borthwick [1813-1897 (alt.)]

Composer

Thomas Tertius Noble [1867-1953]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Jun 02, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 24, 2023 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 03, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 04, 2022 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 03, 2022 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain,
while all around us waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
"Go work today."

Come, labor on.
The enemy is watching night and day,
to sow the tares, to snatch the seed away;
while we in sleep our duty have forgot,
he slumbered not.

Come, labor on.
Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear!
No arm so weak but may do service here:
by feeblest agents may our God fulfill
his righteous will.

Come, labor on.
Claim the high calling angels cannot share--
to young and old the Gospel gladness bear;
redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.
The night draws nigh.

Come, labor on.
No time for rest, till glows the western sky,
till the long shadows o'er our pathway lie,
and a glad sound comes with the setting sun.
"Servants, well done."