Timeless Truths ‎#736

736. Gone Home to Rest

1 Asleep in Jesus, oh, how sweet
The scene of closing day,
Where holy angels come to greet,
And bear the soul away!

Refrain:
The angels bore our loved one home
In shining garments fair;
And some bright day we hope to come
And join thee over there.

2 With grace divine and perfect love
Thy pilgrim days were blest,
But sweeter far thy joys above,
And more serene thy rest. [Refrain]

3 Thy prayers and tears have gone before,
Thy works shall follow on,
And gather gems forevermore,
To glitter in thy crown. [Refrain]

4 May we who knew and loved thee here
With angels bright ascend,
Thy blessed heav’nly rest to share,
When mortal life shall end. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Asleep in Jesus, oh, how sweet
• Title: Gone Home to Rest
• Author: Daniel S. Warner
• Refrain First Line: The angels bore our loved one home
• Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Gone_Home_to_Rest); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (101); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (546)

Tune Information

• Name: [Asleep in Jesus, oh, how sweet]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Gone_Home_to_Rest); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (101); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (546)