Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Servant of God well done
Topic: Public Worship/Opening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Boylston
Hymn Number: 542
Page Number: 195, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsServant of God, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy.
The voice at midnight came;
He started up to hear;
A mortal arrow pierced his frame,
He fell, but felt no fear.
Tranquil amid alarms,
It found him on the field,
A veteran slumbering on his arms,
Beneath his red-cross shield.
At midnight came the cry,
"To meet thy God prepare!"
He woke-and caught his Captain's eye;
Then, strong in faith and prayer,
His spirit with a bound,
Left its encumbering clay;
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground
A darkened ruin lay.
The pains of death are past,
Labor and sorrow cease;
And life's long warfare, closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.