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Text:"Asleep in Jesus'
Author:Mrs. Margaret Mackay
Tune:REST
Composer:W. B. Bradbury

546. "Asleep in Jesus'

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

2 Asleep in Jesus! oh, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its venomed sting!

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

4 Asleep in Jesus! oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be:
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.

Text Information
First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
Title: "Asleep in Jesus'
Author: Mrs. Margaret Mackay
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Christian's Death; Death; Hope: In Death (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: REST
Composer: W. B. Bradbury
Meter: L. M.
Key: D Major



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