颂诗译选
神的仆人，作得成功
“神的仆人，作得成功；
息了你所爱的工；
胜利已得到，战爭已打过，
进来同享你主人的欢乐。”
呼声临到时在夜半，
他上升去就听见，
死亡的箭穿过他的躯壳，
他倒下去—卻全无惧怯。
在惊惶中能夠安详，
当他身在疆场，
久年的战士和甲睡眠，
在他红十字架的盾牌下面：
仍有余溫留在他手中的剑，
是因他新近的奋战；
命令一下，即时可以前征，
冒着矢石冲锋。
时在夜半呼声来临，
“预备迎见你的神！”
他醒起—元帅已经注意看到；
信心坚定正在祷告，
他的灵魂，欢跃前赴，
冲破现住的泥土；
日出时，遗留在地上，
是他残破黝黑的营帐。
痛苦和死亡都成为往事，
劳苦和忧伤终止；
生命长久的战爭终於完成，
他的灵魂进入和平。
基督的战士！圆满功成，
颂讚是你新的事奉；
在那无尽的永世，
同救主享受欢乐安息。
蒙歌马利（James Montgomery, 1771-1854）
苏格兰诗人，报纸编辑。
Servant of God, Well Done
"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.
Tranquil amidst alarms,
It found him in the field,
A veteran 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 and steel to smite.
At midnight came the cry,
"To meet thy God prepare!"
He woke,—and caught his Captain's eye;
Then, strong in faith and prayer,
His spirit, with a bound,
Burst its encumbering clay;
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground,
A darkened ruin lay.
The pains of death are past,
Labour 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.
James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Scotish newspaper publisher & hymn writer
* Verses occasioned by the sudden death of the
Rev. Thomas Taylor, who had preached the previous evening.
