Words to a hymn - God in a workman's jacket as before

[Sister]

I am trying to recall a hymn that contains the words "God in a workman's jacket as before" and "telling again the eternal gospel story" and "sweeping the shavings from the workshop floor"

[steveliu]

Hi Sister,

This was in a book of poems by G.A. Studdert Kennedy. Sounds like what you're looking for:

Then Will He Come

When through the whirl of wheels and engines humming,
Patient in power for the sons of men,
Peals like a trumpet promise of His coming,
Who in the clouds is pledged to come again.

When through the night the furnace fires flaring,
Loud with their tongues of flame like spurting blood,
Speak to the heart of love alive and daring,
Sing of the boundless energy of God.

When in the depths the patient miner striving,
Feels in his arms the vigour of the Lord,
Strikes for a kingdom and his kings arriving,
Holding his pick more splendid than the sword.

When on the sweat of labour and its sorrow,
Toiling in twilight, flickering and dim,
Flames out the sunshine of the great to-morrow,
When all the world looks up--because of Him.

Then will He come--with meekness for His glory,
God in a workman's jacket as before,
Living again the Eternal Gospel Story,
Sweeping the shavings from His workshop floor.

Hope this is it. God bless!
Steve

[Sister]

Woo Hoo! That's it. Many thanks.
Ruth