The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#924

924. Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep

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! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to rest
In hope of being ever blest.

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

4 Asleep in Jesus! Soon to rise,
When the last trump shall read the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
And wake in full, immortal bloom.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
• Author: Margaret Mackay
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William B. Bradbury
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #431 or 930.