4 Help me to watch and pray,
  And on thyself rely;
Assured, if I my trust betray,
  I shall forever die.

     Charles Wesley, 1762.

404 Boylston.  S.M.

Sowing and Reaping. (1014)

Sow in the morn thy seed,
  At eve hold not thy hand;
To doubt and fear give thou no heed;
  Broad-cast it o’er the land.

2 And duly shall appear,
  In verdure, beauty, strength,
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
  And the full corn at length.

3 Thou canst not toil in vain;
  Cold, heat, and moist, and dry,
Shall foster and mature the grain,
  For garners in the sky.

4 Thence, when the glorious end,
  The day of God, shall come,
The angel-reapers shall descend,
  And heaven cry “Harvest-home!”

     James Montgomery, 1825.

405 Boylston.  S.M.

Doing Good. (821)

We give thee but thine own,
  Whate’er the gift may be: 
All that we have is thine alone,
  A trust, O Lord! from thee.

2 O, hearts are bruised and dead,
  And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs, for whom the Shepherd bled,
  Are straying from the fold.

3 To comfort and to bless,
  To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless
  Is angels’ work below.

4 The captive to release,
  To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,
  It is a Christ-like thing.

5 And we believe thy word,
  Though dim our faith may be: 
Whate’er for thine we do, O Lord,
  We do it unto thee.

     William Walsham How, 1854.

406 Triumph.  L.M.

The Useful Life. (818)

Go, labor on; spend, and be spent,—­
Thy joy to do the Father’s will;
It is the way the Master went;
Should not the servant tread it still?

2 Go, labor on; ’tis not for naught; Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain; Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not, The Master praises;—­what are men?

3 Go, labor on; enough, while here,
If he shall praise thee, if he deign
Thy willing heart to mark and cheer,
No toil for him shall be in vain.

4 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice; For toil comes rest, for exile home; Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom’s voice, The midnight peal,—­“Behold!  I come!”

     Horatius Bonar, 1857.

407 Just As I am.  L.M.

Consistency.—­Titus 2:  10-13. (737)

So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine
To prove the doctrine all divine.

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Savior God;
When his salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.

3 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,—­
The bright appearance of the Lord;
And faith stands leaning on his word.