THEIR earthly task who fail to do, Neglect their heavenly business too; Nor...

THEIR earthly task who fail to do, Neglect their heavenly business too; Nor know what faith and duty mean, Who use religion as a screen, Asunder put what God hath joined, A diligent and pious mind.

Full well the labour of our hands With fervency of spirit stands; For God, who all our days hath given, From toil excepts but one in seven: And labouring while we time redeem, We please the Lord, and work for him.

Happy we live, when God doth fill Our hands with work, our hearts with zeal; For every toil, if he enjoin, Becomes a sacrifice divine, And like the blessed spirits above, The more we serve, the more we love.