Church Book ‎#555

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

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1835)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Burial; Easter Eve
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. DROSTANE
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Rev. J. B. Dykes,