GHS 109 : To The Work Lyrics
GHS 109, “To The Work,” is a hymn of holy industry, calling the people of God to roll up their sleeves and press into the labour of the Kingdom. Written by Fanny Crosby with music by W.H. Doane, the hymn opens with the declaration that believers are servants of God tasked with following the path the Master already trod. The work to be done is wide: feeding the hungry, leading the weary to the fountain of life, heralding salvation to a world still held in darkness and error.
The refrain keeps the tempo of steady, unrelenting toil, holding out the Master’s return as the goal that gives every hard day its meaning. This hymn appears as number 109 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa, and it is often sung as believers prepare for outreach, church planting, and other forms of active ministry.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 109: To The Work
- To the work! to the work! we are servants of God, Let us follow the path that our Master has trod; With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew, Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
Toiling on, toiling on, toiling on, toiling on; Let us hope, let us watch, And labour till the Master comes.
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To the work! to the work! let the hungry be fed, To the fountain of life let the weary be led! In the cross and its banner our glory shall be, While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free”!
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To the work! to the work! there is labour for all, For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall: And the name of Jehovah exalted shall be, In the loud-swelling chorus, “Salvation is free”!
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To the work! to the work! in the strength of the Lord, And a robe and a crown shall our labour reward, When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be, And we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”
