Asleep In Jesus

Asleep in Jesus! blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.

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!

Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blessed;
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior’s power.

Asleep in Jesus! oh, for me
May such a blessèd refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie
And wait the summons from on high.

Asleep in Jesus! time nor space
Debars this precious “hiding place”;
On indian plains or lapland snows
Believers find the same respose.

Asleep in Jesus! far from Thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.