Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#324

324. 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 hath lost its venomed sting!

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! oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
• Title: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
• Author: Mrs. Margaret Mackay, 1802-1887 (1832 Abridged)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Death and Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT
• Meter: L. M.