Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
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Now the Laborer's Task is O'er
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Now the Laborer's Task is O'er

John Ellerton (1870)

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Anthony Esolen
Sep 06, 2022
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I’m fond of noting the final corporal work of mercy, to bury the dead.  It shows the high regard Christians have for the body, which isn’t a husk to be shucked away, but the flesh that our Savior took on and sanctified, and which will be raised again.

Christian poets have never been cowed by the prospect of death.  Let’s look at one hymn for the departed…

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