Hymn
Funeral of an Aged Minister
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.
His spirit with a bound
Left its encumbering clay:
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground
A darkened ruin lay.
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 Saviour's joy.
Funeral of an Aged Minister — Text from Laudes Domini, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/funeral-of-an-aged-minister
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Funeral of an Aged Minister?
The words of Funeral of an Aged Minister were written by James Montgomery; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 43 more hymns by James Montgomery, including When on Sinai's top I see and In the Hour of Trial.
Is Funeral of an Aged Minister public domain?
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What is the metre of Funeral of an Aged Minister?
Funeral of an Aged Minister is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, And Are We Yet Alive, How heavy is the night and See What a Living Stone.