846. I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name

1 I know of a sleep in Jesus' name,
a rest from all toil and sorrow;
earth folds in her arms my weary frame
and shelters it till the morrow.
My soul is at home with God in heav'n;
my sorrows are past and over.

2 I know of a morning, bright and fair
when tidings of joy shall wake us,
when songs from on high shall fill the air
and God to his glory take us,
when Jesus shall bid us rise from sleep;
how joyous that hour of waking!

3 God's Son to our graves then takes his way,
his voice hear all tribes and nations.
The trumpet of God will sound the day
and shake all the earth's foundations.
He calls out aloud: "O dead, come forth!"
In glory we rise to meet him.

4 O Jesus, draw near my dying bed
and take me into your keeping
and say when my spirit hence is fled,
"This child is not dead, but sleeping."
And leave me not, Savior, till I rise
to praise you in life eternal.

Text Information
First Line: I know of a sleep in Jesus' name
Title: I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name
Author: Magnus B. Landstad, 1802-1880
Meter: 98 98 98
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Hope and Comfort
Source: Tr.: The Lutheran Hymnary, 1913, alt.
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DEN SIGNEDE DAG
Composer: Christoph E. F. Weyse, 1774-1842
Meter: 98 98 98
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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