Text: | Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep |
Author: | Mrs. M. McKay, 1802-1887 |
Tune: | ANGELUS |
Arranger: | George Joseph, C. 1657 |
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 hath 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! O 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 thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
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First Line: | Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep |
Author: | Mrs. M. McKay, 1802-1887 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Death: A Sleep; Jesus (See also Christ): Asleep in; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ANGELUS |
Arranger: | George Joseph, C. 1657 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |