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4658 | The Cyber Hymnal#4659 | 4660 |
Text: | Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er |
Author: | John Ellerton |
Tune: | REQUIESCAT |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Now the laborer’s task is o’er;
Now the battle day is past;
Now upon the farther shore
Lands the voyager at last.
Refrain
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
2. There the tears of earth are dried;
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster Judge than here. [Refrain]
3. There the Shepherd, bringing home
Many a lamb forlorn and strayed,
Shelters each, no more to roam,
Where the wolf can ne’er invade. [Refrain]
4. There the sinful souls, that turn
To the cross their dying eyes,
All the love of Christ shall learn
At His feet in Paradise. [Refrain]
5. There no more the powers of hell
Can prevail to mar their peace;
Christ the Lord shall guard them well,
He who died for their release. [Refrain]
6. Earth to earth, and dust to dust,
Calmly now the words we say;
Left behind, we wait in trust
For the resurrection day. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Now the laborer's task is o'er |
Title: | Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er |
Author: | John Ellerton (1875) |
Refrain First Line: | Father, in Thy gracious keeping |
Meter: | 77.77.88 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: LUARD, Charles V. Stanford, 1891 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REQUIESCAT |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1875) |
Meter: | 77.77.88 |
Incipit: | 35171 17653 32351 |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
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