spend, spent on; Go, and be labor

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

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