The Work Is Thine

The work is Thine

O Christ

our Lord

The cause for which we stand;

And be­ing Thine

’twill ov­er­come

Its foes on ev­ery hand.

Yet grains of wheat

be­fore they grow

Are bur­ied in the earth be­low;

All that is old doth per­ish there

To form a life both new and fair;

So too are we

From self and sin made free.

Thro’ suf­fer­ing Thou

O Christ

did go

Unto Thy throne above;

And lead­est now the self same way

Those true in faith and love;

So lead us

then

tho’ suf­fer­ings wait

To share Thy king­dom’s heav’n­ly state

Thy death has brok­en Sa­tan’s might

And leads the faith­ful to the light;

Eternal light

From dark­ness in­to light.

Thou hast

O Sav­ior

led the way

Thro’ ago­ny and death;

O give

we pray

yet more and more

Thy Spir­it’s liv­ing breath;

Send mes­sen­gers o’er land and sea

To bring Thy child­ren all to Thee;

Thy name can save

Thy name makes free;

We con­se­crate our­selves to Thee

As serv­ants true

As serv­ants strong and true.