American Lutheran Hymnal ‎#293

293. 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! 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
• Title: Asleep In Jesus! Blessed Sleep
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Topic: The Christian Life: Death and Burial
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1844)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Public Domain.