Timeless Truths ‎#291

291. 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! 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 Savior’s pow’r.

4 Asleep in Jesus! Oh, for me
May such a blessed refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.

5 Asleep in Jesus! Far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep
• Title: Asleep in Jesus
• Author: Margaret Mackay (1832)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:20
• Topic: Anticipation
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Asleep_in_Jesus); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (118)

Tune Information

• Name: REST (BRADBURY)
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1843)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Key: D Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Asleep_in_Jesus); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (118)