Servant of all, to toil for man

186 Servant of all, to toil for man

1. Servant of all, to toil for man
   Thou didst not, Lord, refuse;
   Thy majesty did not disdain
   To be employed for us.

2. Son of the carpenter, receive
   This humble work of mine;
   Worth to my meanest labor give,
   By joining it to Thine.

3. End of my every action Thou,
   In all things Thee I see;
   Accept my hallowed labor now,
   I do it unto Thee.

4. Thy bright example I pursue,
   To Thee in all things rise;
   And all I think or speak or do
   Is one great sacrifice.

5. Careless through outward cares I go,
   From all distraction free;
   My hands are but engaged below,
   My heart is still with Thee.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

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I don't recall ever singing this Wesley hymn and it only occurs in a dozen hymnals. That's an amazingly low number for a Wesley hymn! Even Hymnary.org doesn't list any variants to it.
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