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Asleep in Jesus!
Verse 1
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
From which none ever wake to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
Verse 2
Asleep in Jesus! 0 how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to rest
In hope of being ever blest.
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to rest
In hope of being ever blest.
Verse 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.
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.
Verse 4
Asleep in Jesus! Soon to rise,
When the last trump shall rend the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
And wake in full, immortal bloom.
When the last trump shall rend the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
And wake in full, immortal bloom.
A sleep hymn combining the metaphor of rest with assurance in the resurrection.