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Asleep in Jesus! Blessed 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 blessed 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.

About the Gospel Song Asleep In Jesus

The Gospel song, "Asleep In Jesus" was written by Margaret Mackay and first published in 1832. The music was composed by William Bradbury.