Hymns of the Church, New and Old

258 ADORO TE L. M. 61.

JOSEPH BARNBY

(100) God of the living, in Whose eyes Un-veil'd Thy whole cre- a

tion lies,

All souls are Thine; we must not say That those are dead who pass a

From this our world of flesh set free, We know them living un- to Thee. A-men.

(=72) A-sleep in Jesus! bless- ed sleep, From which none ever wakes to weep;

A calm and un-dis-turb'd re-pose, Un-broken by 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 hath lost its painful 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! oh, 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 blessèd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Amen.

that which drew from out the bound-less deep Turns

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