FORGOTTEN WORKERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 8

FORGOTTEN WORKERS.

Xliey lived and hey w era'useful; this we know, And nought beside ; No record of their names is left to show How soon they died. They did their work, and then they passed away, ! An unknown land ; But they shall live in endless day, in the Fair, shining land. And were they young, or were they growing old Or ill or well, Or lived in poverty, or had they wealth of gold? No one can tell; Only one thing is known of them— they faithful Were and true Disciples of the Lord and strong through prayer To save and do But what avails the gift of empty fame? They live to God ; They loved the sweetness of another name’ And gladly trod The rugged ways of earth, that they might te Helper and friend, And in the joy of their ministry Be spent and spend. No [l ry clusters round their name on earth : But in God’s Heaven Is kept a book of names of greatest worth, And there is given A place for all who did the Master please, Though here unknown; And their lost names shine forth in brightest rays Before the throne. O, take who will the boom of fading fame 1 But give to me A place among the workers though my name Forgotten be: And as within the book of life is found My lowly place. Honour and glory unto God resound For all His grace.