Do Something for Jesus (Van Wie)

lyricist: Kate Van Wie, 1874
Composer: John Tenney

Do some­thing for Jesus

He does much for thee;

Go work in His vine­yard to­day;

The fields for the har­vest al­rea­dy are white

And time is fast pass­ing away.

To the wea­ry

go whis­per those words of the Lord

Come to Me

and re­ceive of My rest;

If trust­ing in Christ

thou shalt la­bor for Him

Thy labor will be sure­ly be blest.

Go vis­it the sick

and the lame

and the blind

Rejoice thou with those that re­joice;

There’s much thou can’st do for Christ now with thy hands

But more thou can’st do with thy voice.

Don’t wait for a chance to do good

to ap­pear

But seek thou for some­thing to do;

And al­ways

in all of thy la­bor for Christ

The glo­ry of Christ keep in view.

By and by when the la­bor of love shall be o’er

The light of thy life fades away

And glo­ri­ous dawn shall burst bright on thy sight

The dawn of a mea­surel­ess day.

And when thou hast en­tered the realms of the blest

Thou shalt kneel at the great shin­ing throne

And riv­ers of joy shall sweep ov­er thy soul

At those words of thy Mas­ter

Well done!

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