Asleep in Jesus.

ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to weep; A calm and undisturb'd 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 its venom'd sting!

Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest, Whose waking is supremely blest: No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour That manifests the Savior's pow'r.

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

Asleep in Jesus! time nor space Affects this precious hiding-place: On Indian plains or Lapland snows Believers find the same repose.