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Text: | Asleep in Jesus! blessèd sleep |
Author: | M. Mackay |
Tune: | REST |
Composer: | W. B. Bradbury |
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 hath lost its painful 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,
Waiting the summons from on high.
5 Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Asleep in Jesus! blessèd sleep |
Author: | M. Mackay |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1894 |
Topic: | Burial of the Dead |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REST |
Composer: | W. B. Bradbury |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |