MUST I GO, AND EMPTY-HANDED?
"As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him Who sent Me. Night is
coming, when no one can work." John 9:4
Words: Charles Carroll Luther, 1877.
Music: George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945).
"Must I go, and empty-handed,"
Thus my dear Redeemer meet?
Not one day of service give Him,
Lay no trophy at His feet?
Refrain
"Must I go, and empty-handed?"
Must I meet my Savior so?
Not one soul with which to greet Him,
Must I empty-handed go?
Not at death I shrink or falter,
For my Savior saves me now;
But to meet Him empty-handed,
Thought of that now clouds my brow.
Refrain
O the years in sinning wasted,
Could I but recall them now,
I would give them to my Savior,
To His will I'd gladly bow.
Refrain
O ye saints, arouse, be earnest,
Up and work while yet 'tis day;
Ere the night of death o'er take thee,
Strived for souls while still you may.