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ONE MORE DAY’S WORK FOR JESUS

Scripture Verse

As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. John 9:4

Introduction

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Words: An­na B. War­ner, Way­far­ing Hymns, Orig­in­al and Trans­lat­ed 1869.

Music: Ro­bert Low­ry (🔊 ).

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Anna B. Warner (1827–1915)

One day, while the child­ren in a Mis­sion Cha­pel were sing­ing One more day’s work for Je­sus, a wo­man pass­ing by stopped out­side to list­en. She went home with these words fixed in her mind.

The next day, as she was bend­ing ov­er the wash­tub, the words of the hymn came to her again and aroused the quest­ion, Have I ev­er done one day’s work for Je­sus in all my life?

That marked the turn­ing point. There and then she be­gan to work for Christ. She washed the clothes for Je­sus, cleaned the house for Je­sus, ad­min­is­tered the needs of her fa­mi­ly for Je­sus.

A new light came in­to her life; and at the close of that day she could sing with a dif­fer­ent feel­ing and new en­thu­si­asm: “One more day’s work for Jes­us; How sweet the work has been.”

Sankey, p. 210

Lyrics

One more day’s work for Je­sus,
One less of life for me!
But Heav’n is near­er,
And Christ is clear­er
Than yes­ter­day, to me.
His love and light
Fill all my soul to­night.

Refrain

One more day’s work for Je­sus,
One more day’s work for Je­sus,
One more day’s work for Je­sus,
One less of life for me!

One more day’s work for Je­sus!
How sweet the work has been,
To tell the sto­ry,
To show the glo­ry,
Where Christ’s flock en­ters in!
How it did shine
In this poor heart of mine.

Refrain

One more day’s work for Je­sus!
O yes, a wea­ry day;
But Heav’n shines clear­er,
And rest comes near­er,
At each step of the way;
And Christ in all,
Before His face I fall.

Refrain

O bless­èd work for Je­sus!
O rest at Je­sus’ feet!
There toil seems plea­sure,
My wants are trea­sure,
And pain for Him is sweet.
Lord, if I may,
I’ll serve an­oth­er day!

Refrain