Text: | I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds |
Author (attributed to): | Paul Eber, d. 1569 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Tune: | VATER UNSER |
1 I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds,
There pardon for my sins abounds;
Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness
My jewels are, my glorious dress.
In these before my God I'll stand
When I shall reach the heav'nly land.
2 With peace and joy I now depart;
God's child I am with all my heart.
I thank thee, Death, thou leadest me
To that true life where I would be.
So cleansed by Christ, I fear not death.
Lord Jesus, strengthen Thou my faith.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds |
Title: | I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds |
German Title: | In Christi Wunden schlaf' ich ein |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1869, alt.) |
Author (attributed to): | Paul Eber, d. 1569 |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Last Things: Death and Burial |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VATER UNSER |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | "Geistliche Lieder," Leipzig, 1539 |