Your Mission
Authors: Mrs. E.H. Gates • Composers: S.M. Grannis • Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.7. • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain
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1. If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet;
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay;
You can lend a hand to help them,
As they launch their boats away,
As they launch their boats away.
2. If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain, steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure
As they slowly pass along;
Tho’ they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song,
They will not forget the song.
3. If you have not gold and silver
Ever ready to command;
If you cannot tow’rd the needy
Reach an ever open hand:
You can visit the afflicted,
O’er the erring you can weep:
You can be a true disciple,
Sitting at the Savior’s feet,
Sitting at the Savior’s feet.
4. If you cannot in the conflict
Prove yourself a soldier true;
If where fire and smoke are thickest,
There’s no work for you to do;
When the battlefield is silent
You can go with careful tread,
You can be away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead,
You can cover up the dead.
5. Do not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Swift the days of time are passing,
Give the world your service true;
Go and toil in any vineyard.
Do not fear to do or dare;
If you want a field of labor
You can find it anywhere,
You can find it anywhere.