Oh, What Are You Going to Do?

Oh

what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?

You have thought of some use­ful la­bor

But what is the end in view?

You are fresh from the home of your boy­hood

And just in the bloom of youth!

Have you tast­ed the spark­ling wa­ter

That flows from the fount of truth?

Is your heart in the Sav­ior’s keep­ing?

Remember

He died for you!

Then what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?

Will you hon­or His cause and king­dom

Wherever your path may be?

And stand as a bright ex­am­ple

That oth­ers your light may see?

Are you will­ing to live for Je­sus?

And rea­dy the cross to bear?

Are you will­ing to meet re­proach­es?

The frowns of the world to share?

Your lot may per­haps be hum­ble

But God has a work for you!

Then what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?

Oh

what are you going to do

bro­ther?

The morn­ing of youth is past;

The vi­gor and strength of man­hood

My bro­ther

are yours at last.

You are ris­ing in world­ly pros­pects

And pros­pered in earth­ly things:

A du­ty to those less fa­vored

The smile of your for­tune brings.

Go prove that your heart is grate­ful—

The Lord has a work for you!

Then what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?

Oh

what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Your sun at its noon is high!

It shines in me­ri­di­an splen­dor

And rides through a cloud­less sky.

You are hold­ing a high po­si­tion

Of hon­or

of trust

and fame;

Are you will­ing to give the glo­ry

And praise to your Sav­ior’s name?

The re­gions that sit in dark­ness

Are stretch­ing their hands to you;

Then

what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?

Oh

what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

The twi­light ap­proach­es now;

Already your locks are sil­vered

And win­ter is on your brow.

Your tal­ents

your time

your rich­es

To Je­sus

your mas­ter

give;

Then ask if the world around you

Is bet­ter be­cause you live.

You are near­ing the brink of Jor­dan

But still there is work for you;

Then

what are you go­ing to do

bro­ther?

Say

what are you go­ing to do?