Today's Hymn

I Want to Be a Worker

Church Hymnal #207

1 I want to be a worker for the Lord,
I want to love and trust His holy word,
I want to sing and pray, and be busy ev'ry day,
In the vineyard of the Lord.

CHORUS

I will work, I will pray,
In the vineyard, in the vineyard of the Lord;
I will work, I will pray, I will labor ev'ry day,
In the vineyard of the Lord.

2 I want to be a worker ev'ry day,
I want to lead the erring in the way
That leads to heav'n above, where all is peace and love,
In the kingdom of the Lord.

3 I want to be a worker strong and brave,
I want to trust in Jesus' pow'r to save,
All who will truly come shall find a happy home
In the kingdom of the Lord.

4 I want to be a worker, help me, Lord,
To lead the lost and erring to Thy word
That points to joys on high, where pleasures never die,
In the kingdom of the Lord.

I. Baltzell (1880)