| 1 | Asleep in Jesus! Blessèd sleep,
Of those whose eyes have ceased to weep,
When they, who wept so oft before,
Shall wake again to weep no more. |
| 2 | Asleep in Jesus! Wondrous sleep,
Which they who sow in tears shall reap:
No more by doubt or fear opprest,
They sleep the sleep of Saints at rest. |
| 3 | Asleep in Jesus! Happy he
Whose sleep at last in Him shall be;
Whose sorrows past, and labors o’er,
Now rests in Him forevermore. |
| 4 | Asleep in Jesus! Happy they
Who wake on that eternal day,
To share, with those whom God shall bring,
The glories of His triumphing. |
| 5 | Asleep in Jesus! Who can weep
For those who sleep so calm a sleep?
Then let the living for the dead
In Christ, by Christ be comforted. |
| 6 | Asleep in Jesus! None can tell
The joys of those He loves so well:
Then, Holy Jesu, grant that we
May, dying, fall asleep in Thee. Amen. |
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| 1 | Asleep in Jesus! Blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose
Unbroken by the last of foes! |
| 2 | Asleep in Jesus! O 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, no woe shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior’s power. |
| 4 | Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high. |
| 5 | Asleep in Jesus! Far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep. Amen. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Job | 3:17 | There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. |
| Psalm | 127: | 1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. |
| Psalm | 127:2 | It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. |
| Proverbs | 10:7-25 | 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. 22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. |
| Acts | 7:55 | But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, |
| Acts | 7:60 | And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. |
| Romans | 14:8 | For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. |
| 1 Corinthians | 15:6,18 | 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. |
| 1 Corinthians | 15:20-23 | 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. |
| 1 Corinthians | 15:55-57 | 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Philippians | 1:21 | For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:13,14 | 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:13-15 | 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:13-18 | 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:14 | For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5:10 | Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. |
| Revelation | 14:13 | And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. |
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