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| Laboring on Jesus, the good land so real, 
 
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|  | 1. | Laboring on Jesus, the good land so real, | 
|  |  | Plowing and planing and watering the field. | 
|  |  | He yields the produce of reality, | 
|  |  | God reaps the harvest of Jesus in me. | 
|  |  | O Jesus! You're God's good land | 
|  |  | For me to labor on! | 
|  |  | I'll bit by bit possess You | 
|  |  | Until the whole is won! | 
|  |  | With Canaan is God's purpose, | 
|  |  | The labor He will bless; | 
|  |  | Lord Jesus, here I gain Yourself, | 
|  |  | Your Person to possess. | 
|  | 2. | Laboring on Jesus! My heart has been set, | 
|  |  | Labor's begun, and I have no regret, | 
|  |  | For with my labor God's sending the rain, | 
|  |  | And all my labor on Christ yields much | 
|  |  | gain. | 
|  | 3. | Laboring on Jesus this practical way- | 
|  |  | Praying His Word in the spirit each day, | 
|  |  | Foll'wing His living anointing within, | 
|  |  | Built up with others, the church life to win. | 
|  | 4. | Laboring on Jesus yield reality, | 
|  |  | Meeting of fullness for all men to see; | 
|  |  | There God and man are indeed satisfied, | 
|  |  | And there God's presence cannot be denied. | 
|  | 5. | Labor on Jesus to have Him increased! | 
|  |  | Then seek God's dwelling and come to the | 
|  |  | feast! | 
|  |  | There bring and offer your surplus to God, | 
|  |  | There eat the riches, rejoice in the Lord! |