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?
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  "Must I go, and empty��handed?"
  Must I meet my Savior so?
  Not one soul with which to greet Him:
  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 I'd gladly bow.
(Chorus:)
  "Must I go, and empty��handed?"
  Must I meet my Savior so?
  Not one soul with which to greet Him:
  Must I empty��handed go?
4. O ye saints, arouse, be earnest,
  Up the work while yet 'tis day;
  Ere the night of death o'ertake thee,
  Strive for souls while still you may.