TLH Hymn 587
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
585-602 Death and Burial
Hymn Text
587. Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
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1. Asleep, in Jesus! Blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
2. Asleep in Jesus! Oh, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet,
With holy confidence to sing
That death has lost his venomed sting!
To be for such a slumber meet,
With holy confidence to sing
That death has lost his venomed sting!
3. Asleep tn Jesus! Peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior's power.
Whose waking is supremely blest
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior's power.
4. Asleep In Jesus! Oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie
And wait the summons from on high.
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie
And wait the summons from on high.