Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#509b

509b. Now the laborer's task is o'er

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.
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.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

3 There the ransomed souls, that turn
To the Cross their dying eyes,
All the love of Christ shall learn
At His feet in Paradise.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

4 "Earth to earth, and dust to dust,"
Calmly now the words we say,
Left behind we wait in trust
For the Resurrection-day.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

5 Laid in ocean's quiet bed,
Calmly now the words we say,
"Till the sea gives up her dead;"
Till the Resurrection-day.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Now the laborer's task is o'er
• Author: John Ellerton (1871)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Death

Tune Information

• Name: HEBRON
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1874)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 8 8
• Key: c minor