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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