The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5978

5978. Servant of God, Well Done! (Montgomery)

1. Servant 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.

2. Tranquil amid alarms,
It found him on the field,
A veteran, slumbering on his arms,
Beneath his red cross shield.
His sword was in his hand,
Still warm with recent fight,
Ready that moment, at command,
Through rock and steel to smite.

3. The pains of death are past,
Labor and sorrow cease;
And, life’s long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
Soldier of Christ, well done!
Praise be thy new employ;
And while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Savior’s joy.

Text Information

• First Line: Servant of God, well done
• Title: Servant of God, Well Done! (Montgomery)
• Author: James Montgomery (1819)
• Meter: SMD
• Language: English
• Source: Greenland and Other Poems, 1819
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Occasioned by the sudden death of the Rev. Thomas Taylor, after having declared in his last sermon on a preceding evening that he hoped to die as an old soldier of Jesus Christ, with his sword in his hand. Nutter, p. 311

Tune Information

• Name: NEARER HOME
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury (1852)
• Harmonizer: Ar­thur S. Sul­li­van (1874)
• Meter: SMD
• Incipit: 55532 11221 23344
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain