Servant of all, to toil for man

Servant of all, to toil for man.  Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). First published in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739), with the title ‘To be sung at WORK’. It was part of a hymn of five stanzas: Son of the Carpenter, receive   This humble Work of mine; Worth to my meanest Labour give,   By joining it to thine. Servant of all, to toil for Man   Thou would’st not, Lord, refuse: Thy Majesty did not disdain   To be employ’d for us. Thy bright Example I pursue   To thee in all things rise, And all I think, or speak, or do,   Is one great Sacrifice. Careless thro’ outwards Cares I go,   From all Distraction free; My Hands are but engag’d below,   My Heart is still with Thee. O when wilt Thou my...

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