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Laborers of Christ, arise

No. 1044
Words Lydia H. Sigourney.
Singing key F major
4 stanzas

Sung to ST. THOMAS (hymn 1040)

Words

Laborers of Christ, arise,And gird you for the toil!The dew of promise from the skiesAlready cheers the soil.

Go where the sick recline,Where mourning hearts deplore;And where the sons of sorrow pine,Dispense your hallowed store.

Be faith, which looks above,With prayer, your constant guest;And wrap the Saviour's changeless loveA mantle round your breast.

So shall you share the wealthThat earth may ne'er despoil,And the blest gospel's saving healthRepay your arduous toil.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1044» (large) in the left column of p. 357, under hymn 1043 («Anon.»), with the reference line «1040, 810, 558.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 1040, 810 or 558 — ST. THOMAS, EL KADER, BOYLSTON, all S. M.; the line ends with a full stop). Stanzas 1–3 in the left column; stanza 4 at the head of the right column, above hymn 1045; numbered «1»–«4» without a full stop (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented. The first word «LABORERS» is set in a capital and small capitals; written «Laborers». «Lydia H. Sigourney.» in italics at the right under stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («toil !», «guest ;»); it is closed up here, and the curly apostrophes are written straight («Saviour's», «ne'er», «gospel's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.