Love Makes Our Toil Worthwhile

Open wid­er the door

Of your heart to the light;

Let the sun­shine of love

Make its cor­ners all bright;

Let no sel­fish de­sires

Bring the sha­dow of night

Only love makes our toil worth­while.

Let the sun­light and the love-light

Fill your face with their glo­ry

With a bright

sun­ny smile;

Bear your tri­als with pa­tience

Good cheer sure will win;

Only love makes our toil worth­while!

If your face is alight

With the sun­shine of love

Then your soul will be filled

With a joy from ab­ove;

Everywhere you’ll find glad­ness

Tho’ wide­ly you rove;

Only love makes our toil worth­while.

Learn to love men ab­out you

Whatever you learn

Finding no one too low­ly

And no one to spurn;

Love will teach you to help them

Their good to dis­cern

Only love makes our toil worth­while.