Till all the jails are empty and all the bellies filled; till no one hurts or steals or lies, and no more blood is spilled; till age and race and gender no longer separate; till pulpit, press, and politics are free of greed and hate: God has work for us to do. In tenement and mansion, in factory, farm, and mill, in boardroom and in billiard-hall, in wards where time stands still, in classroom, church, and office, in shops or on the street; in ev'ry place where people thrive or starve or hide or meet: God has work for us to do. Through tending to creation-- to water, land, and air; through what we do and what we don't to nourish and repair; through seeking the protection of creatures great and small; through binding up the web of life that animates us all: God has work for us to do. By sitting at a bedside to hold pale trembling hands, by speaking for the powerless against unjust demands, by praying through our doing and singing though we fear, by trusting that the seed we sow will bring God's harvest near: God has work for us to do.