Main message: Work and serve God until Jesus comes again.

Bible references:

• V1. "man's work" (1 Corinthians 3:13)

• V2. "Rest" (Revelations 14:13)

• V3. "Work, for the night is coming" (John 9:4)

Keywords: work, night, coming, done, labor, rest, fadeth, o'er

Interpretation notes:

• The hymn repeatedly uses a dotted-eighth-plus-sixteenth rhythm on the second beat of the bar. 

• That pattern appears throughout the hymn and leads into the longer half notes on 'com-ing.' 

• The slower setting of 'com-ing' contrasts with the quicker rhythmic motion earlier in the phrase. 

• The text presents a call to work for the Lord until the night comes.