If you love and trust the Saviour
You can find enough to do;
His good deeds and His compassion
Will be done and felt by you.
His great aims will all be cherished
If with Him you’re really one;
Can you think of Christ as idle
While so much remains undone?
His self-sacrificing spirit
Will be exercised by you;
And your faith will aid you ever
While love guides and makes it true.
Faith and love that work together
Will turn drudgery into joy;
And make every service easy
That doth trouble and annoy.
Love will show where service waits you
Tho’ it be but word or song;
Faith will prompt you how to do it
Be the service short or long.
You can never be discouraged
While the two together blend;
Joined to faith, love meets all trials
And endureth to the end.
You can leave the lower places,
And mount upward every day;
Winning character exalted
If you faithfully work and pray.
You can reach the best attainments
Doing service that you find;
And a worthier example
You can leave to all mankind.