Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ASLEEP IN JESUS, by MARGARET MACKAY


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ASLEEP IN JESUS, by                    
Last Line: And wait the summons from on high.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


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, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its venomed sting!

Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear--no woe, shall dim the hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.

Asleep in Jesus! oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be:
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.





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