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#	Hymnal	Title	Author	Tune	Composer	Verses
599	Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
284	Church Hymns, 1903	Now the Laborer’s Task is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
448	Church Praise, 1907	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
674	Congregational Hymnary, 1916	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	4
303a	Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition, 1904	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Luard	Sir Charles V. Stanford, 1904	5
303b	Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition, 1904	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
401a	Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, 1922	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
401b	Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, 1922	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Luard	Sir Charles V. Stanford, 1904	5
244	Irish Church Hymnal, 1919	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John Bacchus Dykes, 1875	5
242a	The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	5
242b	The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Mar Saba	Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)	5
325	The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)	6
358a	The English Hymnal, 1906	Now the Laborer’s Toils Are O’er	Rev. Gerard Moultrie† (1829-1885)	Pressburg (Nicht so traurig)	Freylinghausen, ‘Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch,’ 1714	6
358b	The English Hymnal, 1906	Now the Laborer’s Toils Are O’er	Rev. Gerard Moultrie† (1829-1885)	Redhead No. 76	Richard Redhead, 1820-1901	6
411a	The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1870	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	5
411b	The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1870	Hebron	Sir Joseph Barnby, 1874	5
638	The Hymnal (Presbyterian), 1895	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	5
544	The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, Third Edition, 1890	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Hebron	Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)	6
623	The Hymnal Revised (Presbyterian), 1911	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	4
242a	The Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1903	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5
242b	The Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1903	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Mar Saba	Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)	5
836	The Methodist Hymn-Book, 1904	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893) from Church Hymns, 1871	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	6
678	The New Psalms and Hymns, 1901	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton, 1871	Peace	Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875	5
160a	The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Bedford Chapel	William Boyce (1710-1779)	5
160b	The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Hazel	Basil Harwood (1859-1949)	5
328	The Presbyterian Book of Praise, 1897	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	6
257	The Scottish Hymnal, 1892	Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er	Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)	Requiescat	Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)	5

Hymnal

Title

Author

Tune

Composer

Verses

599

Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

284

Church Hymns, 1903

Now the Laborer’s Task is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

448

Church Praise, 1907

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

674

Congregational Hymnary, 1916

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

303a

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition, 1904

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Luard

Sir Charles V. Stanford, 1904

303b

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition, 1904

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

401a

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, 1922

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

401b

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Standard Edition, 1922

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Luard

Sir Charles V. Stanford, 1904

244

Irish Church Hymnal, 1919

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John Bacchus Dykes, 1875

242a

The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

242b

The Church Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1892

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Mar Saba

Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)

325

The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

358a

The English Hymnal, 1906

Now the Laborer’s Toils Are O’er

Rev. Gerard Moultrie† (1829-1885)

Pressburg (Nicht so traurig)

Freylinghausen, ‘Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch,’ 1714

358b

The English Hymnal, 1906

Now the Laborer’s Toils Are O’er

Rev. Gerard Moultrie† (1829-1885)

Redhead No. 76

Richard Redhead, 1820-1901

411a

The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1870

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

411b

The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1916

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1870

Hebron

Sir Joseph Barnby, 1874

638

The Hymnal (Presbyterian), 1895

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

544

The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, Third Edition, 1890

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Hebron

Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)

623

The Hymnal Revised (Presbyterian), 1911

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

242a

The Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1903

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

242b

The Hymnal Revised and Enlarged, 1903

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Mar Saba

Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)

836

The Methodist Hymn-Book, 1904

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893) from Church Hymns, 1871

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

678

The New Psalms and Hymns, 1901

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton, 1871

Peace

Rev. John B. Dykes, 1875

160a

The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Bedford Chapel

William Boyce (1710-1779)

160b

The Oxford Hymn Book, 1908

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Hazel

Basil Harwood (1859-1949)

328

The Presbyterian Book of Praise, 1897

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

257

The Scottish Hymnal, 1892

Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er

Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Requiescat

Rev. John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

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1	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.
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, Leaving him to sleep in trust Till the Resurrection-day. Father, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Amen.

1	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.
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. Amen.

Book

Reference

Bible Text

Genesis

3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job

3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Job

12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Psalm

31:5

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Acts

13:36

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

1 Corinthians

15:55

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Corinthians

15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians

5:8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians

4:13,14

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Timothy

6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

James

5:20

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Revelation

7:9-17

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation

7:13-17

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation

14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.