Win the One Next to You

If you would work for the Master today,
Win the one next to you;
If you would show some poor wand’rer the way
Oh, win the one next to you.

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Win the one next to you
Win the one next to you;
Tell him of Jesus, the mighty to save,
And win the one next to you.

Have you looked over the great harvest field,
Seeking for work to do?
Hasten, go forth, reap the golden yield,
And win the one next to you.

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Close to your door may be someone in sin,
Tell him the story true.
Of Him Who died that poor soul to win,
Oh, win the one next to you.

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You may not go to a far heathen land,
Or to a country new;
But in your home for the Master stand,
And win the one next to you.

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Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.

Year: 1898

Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856–1922) is the most likely author of both the words and music for this gospel song. It was published in several hymnals around the turn of the 20th century (often dated 1898). No strong alternate attributions exist.