Scripture Verse

[We] labor, working with our own hands. 1 Corinthians 4:12

Introduction

Words: Mil­ton S. Lit­tle­field, 1916.

Music: Brook­field Tho­mas B. South­gate, 1855 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Lit­tle­field or South­gate (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O Son of Man, Thou mad­est known,
Through qui­et work in shop and home,
The sac­red­ness of com­mon things,
The chance of life that each day brings.

O work­man true, may we ful­fill
In dai­ly life Thy Fa­ther’s will;
In du­ty’s call, Thy call we hear
To full­er life, through work sin­cere.

Thou mas­ter work­man, grant us grace
The chal­lenge of our tasks to face;
By loy­al scorn of se­cond best,
By ef­fort true, to meet each test.

And thus we pray in deed and word,
Thy king­dom come on earth, O Lord;
In work that gives ef­fect to pray­er,
Thy pur­pose for Thy world we share.