| James Montgomery - English poetry - 1850 - 402 pages
...Enter thy Master's joy." — The voiee at midnight eame; He started up to hear: A mortal arrow piereed his frame, He fell,— but felt no fear. Tranquil...field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his red-eross shield : His sword was in his hand. Still warm with reeent fight, Ready that moment at eommand.... | |
| Hymns, English - 1850 - 484 pages
...from thy loved employ : The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy." 2 The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell — but felt no fear. 3 Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Isaac Watts - Bible - 1850 - 742 pages
...from thy loved employ : The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy." 2 The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell — but felt no fear. S Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field? A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1850 - 726 pages
...fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy.' 2 The voice at midnight came, He started up to near ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell— but felt no fear. 3 Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his... | |
| Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...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...felt no fear. Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field ; A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield. His sword was in his... | |
| American literature - 1851 - 426 pages
...; and though the summons came at an unexrected moment, he was prepared to meet if . " The voice at midnight came,-— He started up to hear ; A mortal...arrow pierced his frame ; He fell, but felt no fear." Not a word could escape his lips during the fearful death-struggle in the waters, yet the very last... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Hymns, English - 1851 - 638 pages
...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 amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his... | |
| Missions, Irish - 1878 - 314 pages
...employ ; The battle fought, the yictory won, Enter thy Master's joy. ' The voice at midnight cume ; Ho started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame ; He fell, but felt no fear. " At midnight came the cry, ' To meet thy God prepare ! ' He woke, and caught his Captain's eye, Then,... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1852 - 674 pages
...well done ! Rest from thy loved employ ; The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. 2 The voice of midnight came, He started up to hear...arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear. 3 Tranquil amidst alarms It found him on the field, red-cross shield. 134 J 4 The pains of death are... | |
| William Hanna - 1852 - 638 pages
...Rest from thy loved employ ; The battle o'er, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. " The cry at midnight came. He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame,— He fell, but frit no fear. " His spirit with a bound Left its encumbering clay ; llis tent at sunrise on the ground... | |
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