Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#568

568. Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep

1 Asleep in Jesus! blessèd 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 has lost his 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.

5 Asleep in Jesus! time nor space
Affects this precious hiding-place:
On Indian plains or Lapland snows
Believers find the same repose.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Death: Conquered; Funerals

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William B. Bradbury
• Meter: L. M.