205. Asleep in Jesus, Blessed Sleep

L.M.
by Mrs. McKay
1
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep!
 
From which none ever wakes to weep;
 
A calm and undisturbed repose,
 
Where powerless is 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 has lost its venomed sting!
3
Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest!
 
Whence waking we’re supremely blest;
 
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
 
That manifests the Savior’s power.
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