 Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the last of foes. " Asleep in Jesus ! Oh, for me May such a blissful refuge be! Securely shall my ashes lie 'Waiting the summons from on high.  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 250by Young people - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Essex Institute - Essex County (Mass.) - 1884 - 338 pages
...Lock wood, who died July 16, 1845, iEt. 68. Asleep iu Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wakes to weep, A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. Susannah, wife of Davis Loring, died July 20, 1853, &t. 60. There is rest in Heaven. In memory of Mrs.... | |
 | Alice Stutzman Ott - Christian life - 1999 - 132 pages
...him! Then he grew ill and we lost him. I remember standing by his graveside while the quartet sang: Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever...calm and undisturbed repose. Unbroken by the last offoes Asleep in Jesus! Soon to rise When the last trump shall rend the skies; Then burst the fttters... | |
 | Samuel Boykin - Religion - 2001 - 636 pages
...in the faith of the gospel, and sweetly resting on the divine promises, he closed his eyes and fell asleep in Jesus. " Blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep." JOHN T. CLARKE. Rev. JOHN T.CLARKE, nowa prominent lawyer in southwestern Georgia.was born in Putnam... | |
 | William Gadsby - Hymns, English - 2002 - 374 pages
...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; But thine is still a blessed... | |
 | Morris A. Inch - Religion - 2002 - 166 pages
...For others, it serves as a comfort. "Asleep in Jesus!" Margaret Mackay exclaims. "O for me may such blissful refuge be! Securely shall my ashes lie, waiting the summons from on high" (Asleep in Jesus). "Brothers," Paul writes, "we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall... | |
 | Janet Runion Patton - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 354 pages
...him in singing this slow sorrowful hymn. Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep, From which none ever wakes to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. The harmony was beautiful, but the mournful tune made me cry as they sang through all the verses. I... | |
 | Ella M. Robinson - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 260 pages
...funeral service began at eleven o'clock. A double quartet, partially hidden by a bower of foliage, sang: “Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep.” Elder FM Wilcox, editor of the Review, read promises from the twenty-first and twenty-second chapters... | |
 | Paul Laurence Dunbar - African Americans - 2005 - 593 pages
...him. And then in a soft flood of harmony he could distinguish the tune that the voices were taking up: "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep." It was Mother Judkins's favorite hymn. He listened as they sang, and he seemed to hear his old wife's... | |
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