Father In Thy Gracious Keeping
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Father in Thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now, our loved ones sleeping
Leave we now, our loved ones sleeping
Elizabeth Ann Randall
1819
1910
91
It appears to be the refrain from the hymn
'Now the laborer's task is o'er, Now the battle day is past', though is slightly differnet:
"Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping. A-men."
'Now the laborer's task is o'er, Now the battle day is past', though is slightly differnet:
"Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping. A-men."
The full hymn:
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.
Refrain:
Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping. A-men.
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. [Refrain]
3 There the penitents, that turn
To the cross their dying eyes,
All the love of Jesus learn
At his feet in Paradise. [Refrain]
4 'Earth to earth, and dust to dust,'
Calmly now the words we say;
Leaving him to sleep, in trust,
Till the resurrection-day. [Refrain]
(At sea, instead of stanza 4, the following shall be sung:)
5 'Till the sea gives up its dead,'
Calmly now the words we say,
Laid in ocean's quiet bed
Till the resurrection-day: [Refrain]
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.
Refrain:
Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping. A-men.
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. [Refrain]
3 There the penitents, that turn
To the cross their dying eyes,
All the love of Jesus learn
At his feet in Paradise. [Refrain]
4 'Earth to earth, and dust to dust,'
Calmly now the words we say;
Leaving him to sleep, in trust,
Till the resurrection-day. [Refrain]
(At sea, instead of stanza 4, the following shall be sung:)
5 'Till the sea gives up its dead,'
Calmly now the words we say,
Laid in ocean's quiet bed
Till the resurrection-day: [Refrain]
Amen.
Lyndoch Cemetery
Greater Metro Adelaide- South Australia
1910’s
Adult (25 Years and Older)
Flowers and leaves
Religious, Beautiful, Hymn, Love