LEOMINSTER S. M. D. A. S. Sullivan O "For ever with the Lord!" A-men! so let it be! Life from the dead is in that word, 'î: im-mor-tal-i - ty. Here, in the bod-y pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my mov-ing tent Aday's march nearer home. REST L. M. W. B. Bradbury 943 ASLEEP in Jesus! blesséd sleep, 2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet That death hath lost his venomed sting. 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. 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; RESURRECTION MORNING P. M. How blest the righteous when he dies, So dies a wave along the shore. 3 A holy quiet reigns around, A calm which life nor death destroys; And naught disturbs that peace profound, Which his unfettered soul enjoys. 4 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine to say, "How blest the righteous when he dies!" Anna Lætitia Barbauld 1773 G. W. Warren 945 From "Hymns and Tunes." Copyright, 1888, by Harper & Bros. BURTON P. M. E. P. Parker Blest are they in Christ de-part-ed, Saith the word, O bro-ken-heart-ed! Thro' death's dark mys 948 Used by permission of "The Congregationalist." Heaven itself becomes the dearer, BLEST are they in Christ departed, Round them shines eternal day. 2 Hard their warfare, great their burden, 3 No more fears, nor doubts, nor crying, Where love reigns for evermore. 4 Lord, on us Thy mercy lighten, 949 Edwin Pond Parker 1889 DARLING child, in slumber seeming 2 While our hearts with grief are breaking, 3 Israel's Shepherd safely fold thee, Edwin Pond Parker 1885 |