Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep ! From which none ever wake 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 hath lost its venomed sting !
3. Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest ! Whose waking is supremely blest; No fear â no woe â shall dim the hour That manifests the Saviour'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.
5. Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee Thy kindred and their graves may be : But thine is still a blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep.