Comments on: Come, Labor On! http://www.steve-whitney.com/blog/archives/208 Steve Whitney, writing as a pastor, a former Silicon Valley computer guru, husband, dad Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris Arveson http://www.steve-whitney.com/blog/archives/208/comment-page-1#comment-24383 Chris Arveson Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:18:54 +0000 http://www.steve-whitney.com/blog/?p=208#comment-24383 Come, Labor On. This hymn was an early part of my calling as a pastor, dating back to my childhood. I wish someone would write a new tune, but even with the original tune, it challenges me, to get with it, whenever I'm feeling discouraged. I learned verse 5 slightly differently, "And a glad sound comes with the setting sun, “Servant, well done!” That is what I most desperately wish to hear. I wish to hear it because of what God has done for me. I simply wish to please him. Come, Labor On. This hymn was an early part of my calling as a pastor, dating back to my childhood. I wish someone would write a new tune, but even with the original tune, it challenges me, to get with it, whenever I’m feeling discouraged.

I learned verse 5 slightly differently, “And a glad sound comes with the setting sun, “Servant, well done!” That is what I most desperately wish to hear. I wish to hear it because of what God has done for me. I simply wish to please him.

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