Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
Representative text
As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 489 — the newest hymnal carrying it.
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.
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.
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.
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.