Our Work by S. E. Henshaw

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 12, 1874

Our Work.

By S. E. Henshaw

“WORKERS with Him!” and is it true, Such honor, Lord, is ours? Then do we consecrate anew Heart, soul, and all our powers! Gladly to work while yet we may; Gladly to labor, watch and pray.

Working, working, night and day, Working, working, ceaselessly, See how nature’s mighty forces Patient toil at nature’s sources, For the great results to be!

Workers with him! and who are we, O Saviour, strong and mild, That thus we should be called of thee, That thus we should be styled? We hear thy voice, and we reply, As swells our hearts: “Lord, here am I!”

Working, working, night and day, In the chambers of the earth; Nature, root and fibre guiding, Precious golden atoms hiding, Thus prepares the glorious birth Of the great results to be.

Workers with him! the hostile hosts, Thine is it to subdue; Our’s to go forth in all these coasts,— What would’st thou have us do? Wisdom, O Master, thou must lend, That we may go where thou dost send.

Working, working, day and night, Working, working out of sight. See how evil’s mighty legions Darkly would defraud these regions Of the great results to be.

Workers with Him! what need we fear Mildew or cold or blight? The budding vines we’ll watchful tend, Training them still aright; A bounteous harvest they will bear, When we are done with toil and care.

Working, working, night and day; Working, working, ceaselessly. Christ above us watchful bending, Help unmeasured still is sending, For the great results to be.

Workers with Him! the harvest song May ring in other ears; Others with joy will reap the seed, Which we have sown in tears; But we shall find in thee, O Lord Our blest, exceeding great reward.

S. E. HENSHAW, in Our Work.