The Three Minute Grandparent

TO THE WORK To the work! To the work! We are servants of God; Let us follow the path that our Master has trod; With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew, Let us do with our might what our hands find to do. Refrain Toiling on, toiling on, Toiling on, toiling on, Let us hope and trust, Let us watch and pray, And labor till the Master comes. Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) wrote the words to this engaging old hymn. As a blind poet, Fanny wrote much in the way of hymns for the Church. To The Work, written in 1869 represents her view of the Christian walk; daily and consistent. William H Doane (1832-1915) composed the music in 1871. Doane was an industrial leader who composed in the evenings at his home. Ira Sankey, music leader for the Moody-Sankey Revival team said, “I sang this song for the first time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cornell at Long Branch.  The Servants gathered from all parts of the house while I was singing, and looked into the parlor where I...