Go work today in My vineyard.
Matthew 21:28
Words: Roy Evans, 1911. Appeared in Immanuel’s Praise, edited by Charles M. Alexander, J. Fred. Schofield & George C. Stebbins (New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Toronto, Canada: Fleming H. Revell, 1914), number 167.
Music: Paddock Wood Edwin H. Bookmyer, 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Evans or Bookmyer (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Make me a worker for Jesus,
Faithful and ready and true;
Asking the help of the Master
For work He would have me do.
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Make me a worker for Jesus,
Humble I only would be;
Winning lost souls for the Savior
Who shed His life’s blood for me.
Make me a worker for Jesus,
Filled with His heavenly love;
Binding the sheaves of the harvest,
When He shall come from above.
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Make me a worker for Jesus,
Taking my place in the fight;
Giving my all to the Captain,
Fighting for all that is right.
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Make me a worker for Jesus,
Knowing I never can fail;
If I but trust in His mercy,
Tempter nor sin can prevail.
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Make me a worker for Jesus,
Till earth’s short harvest is o’er;
When I shall dwell with the Savior
In that blest land ever more.
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