We found "idle" used in 19 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
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...You’re only mortals on probate life,
Don’t idle your time away.
Don’t do that, don’t do that,...
You’re only mortals on probate life,
Don’t idle your time away.
Don’t do that, don’t do that,
...You’re only mortals on probate life,
Don’t idle your time away.
Don’t do that, don’t do that,...
You’re only mortals on probate life,
Don’t idle your time away.
Don’t do that, don’t do that,
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I cannot be idle, for Jesus says, Go
And work in My harvest today;...
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I cannot be idle, for Jesus says, Go
And work in My harvest today;
...And warns us each with awful sound,
“No longer stand ye idle here!
“Ye whose young cheeks are rosy bright,...
And warns us each with awful sound,
“No longer stand ye idle here!
“Ye whose young cheeks are rosy bright,
...See the harvesters reaping!
Idle they never stand;
They are faithfully keeping,...
See the harvesters reaping!
Idle they never stand;
They are faithfully keeping,
...While the morning dawns and the sun goes down,
Tho’ idle hands are still.
Why wait ye here, and idle stand,...
While the morning dawns and the sun goes down,
Tho’ idle hands are still.
Why wait ye here, and idle stand,
...And day begins to fade?
Why stand ye idle, waiting
For reapers more to come?...
And day begins to fade?
Why stand ye idle, waiting
For reapers more to come?
...He will tell us how.
We will not be idle
When there’s work to do,...
He will tell us how.
We will not be idle
When there’s work to do,
...Lo! the golden fields are smiling,
Wherefore idle shouldst thou be?
Great the harvest, few the workers,...
Lo! the golden fields are smiling,
Wherefore idle shouldst thou be?
Great the harvest, few the workers,
...While calls for the laborers we hear;
The call is to all that are idle,
O list to the summons so dear....
While calls for the laborers we hear;
The call is to all that are idle,
O list to the summons so dear.
...God will give sustaining grace;
Be no more an idle watcher,
To the work, O find your place....
God will give sustaining grace;
Be no more an idle watcher,
To the work, O find your place.
...God will give sustaining grace;
Be no more an idle watcher,
To the work, O find your place....
God will give sustaining grace;
Be no more an idle watcher,
To the work, O find your place.
...Do something for Jesus today.
Why stand you so idle and listless?
Oh, rouse you, dear Christian, take heed;...
Do something for Jesus today.
Why stand you so idle and listless?
Oh, rouse you, dear Christian, take heed;
...Shine for Jesus where you are;
You cannot an idle hour afford,
Just shine for Jesus where you are....
Shine for Jesus where you are;
You cannot an idle hour afford,
Just shine for Jesus where you are.
...But before Thy breath like bubbles,
Melt they soon in idle air.
Cunning are the foe’s devices,...
But before Thy breath like bubbles,
Melt they soon in idle air.
Cunning are the foe’s devices,
...Shine for Jesus where you are;
You cannot an idle hour afford,
Just shine for Jesus where you are....
Shine for Jesus where you are;
You cannot an idle hour afford,
Just shine for Jesus where you are.
...Life’s twilight path, with pitfalls strewn;
And ’twere an idle boast to talk
Of treading that dim path alone....
Life’s twilight path, with pitfalls strewn;
And ’twere an idle boast to talk
Of treading that dim path alone.
...For children to do,
None are idle in that blessèd land.
There’ll be loves for the heart,...
For children to do,
None are idle in that blessèd land.
There’ll be loves for the heart,
...Why, He asks, through all the day,
Stand ye idle, nothing do?
Enter in, without delay,...
Why, He asks, through all the day,
Stand ye idle, nothing do?
Enter in, without delay,
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