The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#593

593. Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep

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 hath lost his venomed sting!

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

4 Asleep in Jesus! O 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
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Last Things: Burial and Resurrection; The Last Things: Burial and Ressurection; Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: [Asleep in Jesus! blessed Sleep]
• Composer: W. Knapp, 1698—1768
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A Major