1 A slumber I know, in Jesus' name,
A rest from all toil and sorrow;
Earth tenderly takes my weary frame,
to sleep till the blissful morrow;
In heaven my soul with God abides,
Forgotten are cares and trials.
2 An even I know, serene and blest,
And oft is my spirit longing,
When, weary and worn, it finds no rest,
While woes on the way are thronging,--
Oft longing to see the journey's end,
And rest in a blissful slumber.
3 A morning I know, so bright and fair,
When tidings of joy shall wake us,
When anthems from high shall fill the air,
And God to His glory take us,
when Jesus shall bid us rise from sleep--
How joyous that hour of awaking!
4 Oh, dear is that morning fair to me!
And oft, o'er the mountains beaming,
In spirit its heavenly light I see,
As golden the peaks are gleaming--
For joy I must sing, as birds at dawn
Their carols in lofty lindens.
5 The Savior then comes unto our graves;
His mighty command is given;
Then break from the deep the ocean waves,
Each tomb and restraint is riven.
All earth hears the cry: Ye dead, come forth!
In glory we go to meet Him.
Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #565
Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads.
Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >
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