Must I go, and empty handed

1. Must I go, and empty handed,
Thus my dear Redeemer meet?
Not one day of service give Him,
Lay no trophy at His feet?

Chorus: Must I go, and empty handed?
Chorus: Must I meet my Savior so?
Chorus: Not one soul with which to greet Him,
Chorus: Must I empty handed go?

2. Not at death I shrink nor falter,
For my Savior saves me now;
But to meet Him empty handed,
Thought of that now clouds my brow.

3. O the years in sinning wasted;
Could I but recall them now,
I would give them to my Savior,
To His will Id gladly bow.

4. O ye saints, arouse, be earnest,
Up and work while yet tis day;
Ere the night of death oertake Thee,
Strive for souls while still you may.