Text: | I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds |
Author: | Paul Eber, 1511-69 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 |
Tune: | VATER UNSER IM HIMMELREICH, DER DU |
Composer (attributed to): | Martin Luther, 1483-1546 |
1 I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds;
There pardon for my sin abounds.
Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress.
In these before my God I'll stand
When I shall reach the heav'nly land.
2 In peace and joy I now depart;
God's child I am with all my heart.
I thank you, death, for leading me
To that true life, where I would be.
So cleansed by Christ, I fear not death.
Lord Jesus, strengthen now my faith.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds |
Title: | I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds |
Author: | Paul Eber, 1511-69 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt.) |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Death and Burial |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VATER UNSER IM HIMMELREICH, DER DU |
Composer (attributed to): | Martin Luther, 1483-1546 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Key: | g minor |
Notes: | Alternate settings: 306, 407, 479 |