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Hymns · 1749

Are there not in the labourer's day

Songwriter Charles Wesley

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Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 1
Publisher Felix Farley
Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)
Notes Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 1, published by Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1749).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 5 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 17.

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Lyrics

Verse 1
Are there not in the labourer’s day
Twelve hours, wherein he safely may (John 11:9)
His calling’s works pursue?
Though sin, and Satan still are near, (I Pet. 5:8)
Nor sin, nor Satan can I fear
With Jesus in my view.

Verse 2
Not all the powers of hell can fright (Eph. 6:12)
A soul, that walks with Christ in light; (Is. 2:5, Rom. 8:38-39, I John 1:7)
He walks, and cannot fall: (Jude 1:24)
Clearly he sees, and wins his way,
Shining unto the perfect day, (Prov. 4:18)
And more than conquers all. (Rom. 8:37)

Verse 3
Light of the world, thy beams I bless; (John 8:12, John 9:5)
On thee, bright Sun of righteousness, (Mal. 4:2)
My faith hath fixt its eye;
Guided by thee, thro’ all I go,
Nor fear the ruin spread below, (Ps. 27:1)
For thou art always nigh. (Is. 41:10)

Verse 4
Ten thousand snares my path beset, (Ps. 91:3, Ps. 119:110)
Yet will I, Lord, the work compleat, (Phil. 1:6)
Which thou to me hast given; (John 17:4, Acts 20:24)
Superior to the pains I feel,
Close by the gates of death, and hell, (Ps. 107:18, Matt. 16:18)
I urge my way to heaven.

Verse 5
Still will I strive, and labour still,
With humble zeal to do thy will, (Ps. 40:8)
And trust in thy defence;
My soul into thy hands I give, (Ps. 31:5, Luke 23:46)
And, if he can obtain thy leave, (Job 1:12)
Let Satan pluck me thence. (John 10:28-29)