Beneath whose care par en tal The world lies down to

With the omission of the 4th verse the hymn is adapted for general use.

in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy serv - ant sleep

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

5 "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.

John Ellerton, 1871

1

ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep,

From which none ever wakes to weep;

A calm and undisturbed repose,

Unbroken by the last of foes.

2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet

To be for such a slumber meet;

With holy confidence to sing

That death hath lost the venomed sting.

3 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest;

No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.

4 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

Margaret Mackay, 1832

VICTORY 13. 11. 13. 11.

Joseph Barnby, 1867

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Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not de-plore thee, Though sor- rows and

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dark -ness en com- pass the tomb; The Saviour hath passed through its por- tal be

fore thee, And the lamp of His love is thy guide thro' the gloom.

A-men.

1

THOU art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee,

Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb;

The Saviour has passed through its portal before thee,

And the lamp of His love is thy guide through the gloom.

2 Thou art gone to the grave, we no longer behold thee,
Nor tread the rough path of the world by thy side;
But the wide arms of Mercy are spread to enfold thee,
And sinners may die, for the Sinless has died.

3 Thou art gone to the grave and, its mansion forsaking,
Perchance thy weak spirit in fear lingered long;
But the mild rays of Paradise beamed on thy waking,
And the sound that thou heard'st was the cherubim's song.

4 Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee,
Whose God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian and Guide;
He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee,
And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died.

Reginald Heber, 1818

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ENTLE Shepherd, Thou hast stilled
Now Thy little lamb's brief weeping;

Ah, how peaceful, pale and mild,

In the narrow bed he's sleeping,
And no sigh of anguish sore
Heaves that little bosom more.

2 In this world of care and pain,

Lord, Thou wouldst no longer leave him;

To the sunny, heavenly plain

Thou dost now with joy receive him;

Clothed in robes of spotless white,
Now he dwells with Thee in light.

3 Ah, Lord Jesus, grant that we

Where he lives may soon be living,
And the lovely pastures see

That his heavenly food are giving;
Then the gain of death we prove,

Though Thou take what most we love.

Johann W. Meinhold, 1835; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858