主裏安睡 (Asleep in Jesus)

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主裡安睡，何等有福！ (Zhǔ lǐ ānshuì, héděng yǒufú!)

Author: Margaret Mackay
Tune: MARYTON
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Author: Margaret Mackay

Mackay, Margaret, was born in 1802, and the only daughter of Captain Robert Mackay, of Hedgefield, Inverness. She was married in 1820 to Major William Mackay, of the 68th Light Infantry (afterwards Lt. Colonel) a distinguished officer who died in 1845. Mrs. Mackay died at Cheltenham, Jan. 5, 1887. In addition to various prose works Mrs. Mackay published Thoughts Redeemed; or Lays of Leisure Hours, 1854, which contained 72 original hymns and poems. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	主裡安睡，何等有福！ (Zhǔ lǐ ānshuì, héděng yǒufú!)
Title:	主裏安睡 (Asleep in Jesus)
English Title:	Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep
Author:	Margaret Mackay
Language:	Chinese
Copyright:	Tr. © Witness Press

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Tune

MARYTON

After various tunes had been set to this text, Gladden insisted on the use of MARYTON. Composed by H. Percy Smith (b. Malta, 1825; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1898), the tune was originally published as a setting for John Keble's "Sun of My Soul" in Arthur S. Sullivan's Church Hymns with Tun…

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