Do Something for Jesus

O brother, do something for Jesus,
Do something, my brother, today;
Go tell how He died for the sinner,
And save them from sin’s rugged way.

Refrain

O brother, do something for Jesus,
Do something for Jesus today,
Be faithful to Him, life’s battles to win,
Do something for Jesus today.

My brother, do something for Jesus,
O while not the moments away,
The Savior is tenderly calling,
Enlist in His service today.

Refrain

O brother, it pays to serve Jesus,
It pays to serve Him every day,
In Him there is strength for the weary,
And mercy sufficient alway.

Refrain

Author: Grace W. Haight

Year: 1895

This gospel song with its distinctive repeated exhortation and refrain structure is most commonly attributed to Grace W. (or Grace E.) Haight, who wrote many similar Sunday-school and evangelistic texts in the 1890s. Some later collections list it as anonymous or credit only the tune, but the original printings and most hymnological indexes name Haight as the lyricist.