Servant of God, Remember

Servant of God

re­mem­ber

The stream thy soul be­dew­ing

The grace that came up­on thee

Anointing and re­new­ing.

When kind­ly slum­ber calls thee

Upon thy bed re­clin­ing

Trace thou the cross of Je­sus

Thy heart and fore­head sign­ing.

The cross dis­solves the dark­ness

And drives away temp­ta­tion;

It calms the wa­ver­ing spir­it

By qui­et con­se­cra­tion.

Begone

be­gone

the ter­rors

Of vague and form­less dream­ing;

Begone

thou fell de­ceiv­er

With all thy boast­ed schem­ing.

Begone

thou crook­ed ser­pent

Who

twist­ing and pur­su­ing

By fraud and lie pre­par­est

The sim­ple soul’s un­do­ing.

Tremble

for Christ is near us

Depart

for here He dwell­eth

And this

the sign thou know­est

Thy strong bat­tal­ions quell­eth.

Then while the wea­ry bo­dy

Its rest in sleep is near­ing

The heart will muse in si­lence

On Christ and His ap­pear­ing.

To God

eter­nal Fa­ther

To Christ

our king

be glo­ry

And to the Ho­ly Spir­it

In nev­er end­ing sto­ry.