598. Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep

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 has 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 Saviour's power.

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.

Amen.

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First Line: Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
Title: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
Author: Margaret Mackay
Publication Date: 1937
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