Living Hymns ‎#302

302. Asleep in Jesus!

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

2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing,
That death has lost his venomed sting.

3 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour,
Which 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!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: BERA
• Composer: J. E. Gould
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.