Text: | He sleeps in Jesus, peaceful rest |
Author: | Annie R. Smith |
Tune: | RUSSELL |
Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
1 He sleeps in Jesus, peaceful rest,
No mortal strife invades his breast;
No pain, nor sin, nor woe, nor care,
Can reach the silent slumberer there.
2 He lives, his Saviour to adore,
And meekly all his sufferings bore:
He loved, and all resigned to God;
Nor murmured at his chastening rod.
3 Does earth attract thee here? they cried;
The dying Christian thus replied,
While pointing upward to the sky,
"My treasure is laid up on high."
4 He sleeps in Jesus soon to rise,
When the last trump shall rend the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
To wake in full, immortal bloom.
5 He sleeps in Jesus cease thy grief;
Let this afford thee sweet relief
That, freed from death's triumphant reign,
In heaven he will live again.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | He sleeps in Jesus, peaceful rest |
Author: | Annie R. Smith |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Death and Resurrection |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RUSSELL |
Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #924 or 927. |