 | David Nevins Lord - Bible as literature - 1854 - 316 pages
...Rest from thy lov'd employ ; The battle fought, the victory wen, 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. "The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And life's long warfare closed at lost ; His... | |
 | James Montgomery, John Holland - Christian poetry, English - 1854 - 536 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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1854 - 804 pages
...from thy loved employ ; 8 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. p 3 The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And, hfe's long warfare closed at last,... | |
 | Hymns - 1854 - 690 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. a Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his... | |
 | Benjamin Samuel HOLLIS - 1854 - 584 pages
...meet thy God prepare !" He woke, — and caught his Captain's eye : Strong both in faith and prayer ! Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him in the field,...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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1854 - 760 pages
...loved employ ; • The battle fought, llie victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. 2 The voice at mtdnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell, — but felt no fear. p 3 The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last,... | |
 | 1877 - 606 pages
...from thy loved employ ; The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. The voice near midnight came ; He started up to hear : A mortal arrow...pierced his frame ; He fell, but felt no fear. Tranquil amid alarms, It found him on the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield.... | |
 | Clergy - 1877 - 296 pages
...rest from thy loved employ ; The battle fought, 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 felt no fear. " His spirit with a bound left its encumbering clay, His tent at sunrise on the ground a darkened ruin... | |
 | David Walker - Church - 1877 - 200 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—bat felt no fear. " His spirit with a bound Left its encumbering clay, His tent at sunrise on... | |
 | 1878 - 588 pages
...about half-past nine o'clock his spirit passed peacefully away to ite home in heaven. 1 The voice near midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell, but felt no fear. The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And life's long warfare closed at last, His... | |
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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. 
