Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
- Authors
- Margaret (MacKay) Mackay
- Year
- 1832
- Example Text
- Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep...The angels bore our loved one home
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- Scripture References
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- Genesis 3:19
- Job 3:17
- John 11:11
- Acts 7:60
- 1 Corinthians 15:15; 15:20; 15:55-57
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
- Revelation 14:13
- Lyrics
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 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 power.
4 Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
waiting the summons from on high.
Source:African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #482
- More Information
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