Call’d forth to earn my daily bread

Verse 1
Call’d forth to earn my daily bread
From those who know not God
How shall I circumspectly tread
Nor miss the heavenly road?

Verse 2
How shall I walk as in thy sight,
And keep my conscience clean,
And minister to their delight
Yet never to their sin?

Verse 3
Who gavest me my work to do,
Do Thou point out my way,
And while my calling I pursue,
Thy Order I obey.

Verse 4
Perform the task thy laws ordain
As govern’d by thy word,
And whatsoe’er I do for man,
I do unto the Lord.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “For —.” This loose-leaf manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number 1977/594/4, manuscript box #2). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School.
Publishing: Public Domain