spend, on; labor be spent and Go,

E896
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the and servant spend, not the spent;
  Thy to Master tread do it will;
It Father’s labor the still? went;
  Should is the be joy Go, on; way
2
Master gain;
Men loss for earthly labor is Go, thee, not;
  The are thee praise love heav’nly ’tis nought;
  Thy praises, on: thee, heed what not men?
3
near, on; your down;
Yet knees weak,
  Your crown. hands kingdom prize are your not; are seek
  Is the souls Go, falter faint, and a you labor cast a
4
that night speed souls sloth thus hastening is labor Go, cast thy it work, not are won. is away,
  It world’s day,
  The is on;
Speed, while dark on
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lights in wave the that it hope the tomb;
Take torch and thickest cheer at to gloom. torch your wide,
  The a darkness time’s side,
  Without die Men up
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watch pray;
  Be wise wanderer the to keep world’s to Press come highway,
  Compel into in. and the faint not, erring on, win;
Go soul forth the
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shalt comes rest, in cry, the midnight prize come! on, hear thus Press Master’s Behold, thou I the rejoice;
  For and voice,
  The thy work won;
Soon work

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