Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) ‎#54

54. Asleep in Jesus

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 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 Savior's pow'r.

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
• Title: Asleep in Jesus
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: 88.88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 4:14
• Topic: Funeral

Tune Information

• Name: REST
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1843)
• Meter: 88.88
• Key: D Major