The Voice of Praise ‎#895

895. 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! oh, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing,
That death has 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.

5 Asleep in Jesus! time nor space
Affects this precious hiding-place:
On Indian plains or Lapland snows
Believers find the same repose.

6 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be:
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
• Author: Mrs. Mackay
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Acts 7:60
• Topic: Life and Death; Them which Sleep in Jesus

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