The Hymnal ‎#413a

413a. Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!

Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.

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Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet;
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its painful sting!

Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior's power.

Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.

Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Burial of the Dead

Tune Information

• Name: REST (BRADBURY)
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1843)
• Meter: L.M.
• Incipit: 55515 53244 42767
• Key: D Major