Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

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.

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.

There the Shep­herd

bring­ing home

Many a lamb for­lorn and strayed

Shelters each

no more to roam

Where the wolf can ne’er in­vade.

There the sin­ful souls

that turn

To the cross their dy­ing eyes

All the love of Christ shall learn

At His feet in para­dise.

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.

Earth to earth

and dust to dust

Calmly now the words we say;

Left be­hind

we wait in trust

For the re­sur­rect­ion day.