Number: 276
English: 250
Title: My Soul, is Yours a Labour
Name: Ellers
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Edward J. Hopkins
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My soul, is yours a la¤bour of pure love
For Him who loved and gave Him¤self for you?
Does love of self or love for Christ im¤pel
The serv¤ice you en¤gage and now pur¤sue?

Those An¤gels who be¤hold His face with joy
Are look¤ing on with won¤der and sur¤prise.
What shall they hear– the mur¤murs of self¤will
Or see your glad and will¤ing sac¤ri¤fice?

My soul, hath God re¤quired this at your hand,
The pre¤cincts of His sa¤cred courts to tread?
Does love in¤spire the la¤bour you be¤stow
Or are you by some bas¤er mo¤tive led?

No sac¤ri¤fice can ev¤er sat¤is¤fy
The heart of God who reigns in light a¤bove,
And noth¤ing is ac¤cept¤a¤ble to Him
If we re¤fuse the first fruits of our love.

My soul, re¤flect up¤on those sol¤emn words
Pro¤nounced on Is¤rael by their faith¤ful God:
My chil¤dren whom I nour¤ished have re¤belled,
They have gone back, their hands are full of blood.

Those Sons of Fire who in His pres¤ence wait,
They stand a¤bove His great e¤ter¤nal Throne,
His glo¤ry veils their Ho¤ly Min¤is¤try
Their glo¤ry is to serve by love a¤lone.