Feast of Jane Laurie Borthwick (September 7)

neatnik2009 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:51:03 +0000

Edinburgh Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Edinburgh, Scotland

Translator of Hymns; died on September 7, 1897

Born on April 9, 1813 in Edinburgh, Jane Laurie Borthwick was a member of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1854-1862 she and her sister, Sarah Borthwick Findlater, published Hymns from the Land of Luther, consisting of English translations of German hymns. She published a second volume, Alpine Lyrics, in 1875. Among the great translations was “Be Still, My Soul.” And a hymn Borthwick wrote was “Come, Labor On.”

KRT

Come, Labor On

Come, labor on!
Who dares stand idle, on the harvest plain
While all around him waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
“Go work today.”

Come, labor on!
Claim the high calling angels cannot share—
To young and old the Gospel gladness bear;
Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.
The night draws nigh.

Come, labor on!
The enemy is watching night and day,
To sow the tares, to snatch the seed away;
While we in sleep our duty have forgot, He slumbered not.

Come, labor on!
Away with gloomy doubts and faithless fear!
No arm so weak but may do service here:
By feeblest agents may our God fulfill
His righteous will.

Come, labor on!
No time for rest, till glows the western sky,
Till the long shadows o’er our pathway lie,
And a glad sound comes with the setting sun,
“Well done, well done!”

Come, labor on!
The toil is pleasant, the reward is sure;
Blessèd are those who to the end endure;
How full their joy, how deep their rest shall be,
O Lord, with Thee!

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Almighty God, beautiful in majesty, majestic in holiness: You have shown us the splendor of creation in the work of your servant Jane Laurie Borthwick. Teach us to drive from the world all chaos and disorder, that our eyes may behold your glory, and that at last everyone may know the inexhaustible richness of your new creation in Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Isaiah 28:5-6 or Hosea 14:5-8 or 2 Chronicles 20:20-21

Psalm 96

Philippians 4:8-9 or Ephesians 5:18b-20

Matthew 13:44-52

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