Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
VERSE 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.
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! Oh for me,
May such a blissful refuge be,
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.
VERSE 5
Asleep in Jesus! far from Thee,
Thy kindreds and their graves may be,
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
