Author: Margaret Mackay Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #293 (1930) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: American Lutheran Hymnal First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep! Lyrics: 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 cruel sting.
3 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe shall dim the hour
That manifests the Savior's pow'r.
4 Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
The summons waiting from on high.
5 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessed sleep
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Amen. Topics: The Christian Life Death and Burial Languages: English Tune Title: REST
Asleep In Jesus! Blessed Sleep