The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er

by John Ellerton(Requiescat by John Bacchus Dykes)

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Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er

(REQUIESCAT. 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8)

John Ellerton, 1871

John B. Dykes, 1875

1. Now the laborer's task is o'er;
   Now the battle day is past;
   Now upon the farther shore
   Lauds the voyager at last.
   Refrain
   Father, in thy gracious keeping
   Leave we now thy servant sleeping.
   (Last verse: )Amen.
   
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 sinful souls, that turn
   To the cross their dying eyes,
   All the love of Christ shall learn
   At his feet in Paradise.
   Refrain
   
4. 'Earth to earth, and dust to dust,'
   Calmly now the words we say;
   Left behind, we wait in trust
   For the resurrection day.
   Refrain