Bible Songs — Missionary Songs

Work, Watch, Pray

Work when the morning shineth,

No. 1251
Tune WORK, WATCH, PRAY.
Words Grace Glenn.
Music J. H. Fillmore.
Key F major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

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Work when the morning shineth,Work when the noonday gleams,Work when the day declineth,Work with its latest beams.

Chorus.

Work (and) watch (and) pray,Work for the day will soon be gone;Work (and) watch (and) pray,Soon will the Master come.

Work with a heart inspiring,Work with a ready hand,Work for the pure and holy,Work for the true and grand.

Work till the summons cometh,—Join with the hosts at rest;So shall thy days be joyful,So shall thy nights be blest.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1251» (large, left), title «WORK, WATCH, PRAY.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); under it the epigraph in one line, «"Let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober."—2 Thess. 5 : 6.» (the reference is printed «2 Thess.»; the words are 1 Thessalonians 5:6 — kept as printed); «GRACE GLENN.» at the left (words) and «J. H. FILLMORE.» at the right (music), capitals and small capitals; no meter, no reference line and no running head (the page opens with the last system of 1250, «WHAT SHALL THE HARVEST BE?—Concluded.»). The three stanzas are interlinear, three lines between the staves of systems 1–2, numbered «1.»–«3.» in system 1 (the «3.» prints like «8.»); each stanza is four verse lines, given here as the verse lines of the poem (the staff break falls after the second verse line of each stanza). «CHORUS.» is printed over the treble staff at the start of system 3; its words stand once, in one line, with «(and)» in parentheses (sung by tenor and bass while soprano and alto rest). The chorus is given here once, after stanza 1, as printed. Syllable hyphens are joined («morn-ing», «shin-eth», «noon-day» → «noonday», «de-clin-eth», «lat-est», «in-spir-ing», «read-y», «ho-ly», «sum-mons», «com-eth», «joy-ful», «Mas-ter»). The print sets a thin space before «;» («rest ;», «gone ;»); it is closed up here. Under the music: «From "Songs of Gratitude," by permission.» (centred) and the page number «469». Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («cometh,—Join»).