Active Piety

1 LABORERS of Christ, arise,And gird you for the toil;The dew of promise from the skiesAlready cheers the soil.

2 Go where the sick recline,Where mourning hearts deplore;And, where the sons of sorrow pine,Dispense your hallowed lore.

3 Urge, with a tender zeal,The erring child along,Where peaceful congregations kneel,And pious teachers throng.

4 Be faith, which looks above,With prayer, your constant guest,And wrap the Saviour's changeless loveA mantle round your breast.

5 So shall you share the wealth,That earth may ne'er despoil,And the blest gospel's saving health.