All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 34 NOW THE LABOURERS TASK Lyrics

1. Now the labourers task is over
Now the battle-day is past;
Now upon the farther shore
Lands the voyager at last.

Chorus:

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

2. There the tears of heart are dried;
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster judge than here.

3. There the Shepherd, bringing home
Many a lamb forlorn and strayed,
Shelters each, no more to roam,
Where the wolf can never invade.

4. There the penitents who turn
To the Cross their dying eyes
All the love of Jesus learn
At His feet in paradise.

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.

6. Earth to earth, and dust to dust,
Calmly now the words we say,
Left behind, we wait in trust,
For the resurrection day