If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
Words: Edward A. Dayman, Sarum Hymnal 1868.
Music: The Last Sleep Joseph Barnby, 1869 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good photo of Dayman (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Sleep thy last sleep, free from care and sorrow;
Rest, where none weep, till th’eternal morrow;
Though dark waves roll o’er the silent river,
Thy fainting soul Jesus can deliver.
Life’s dream is past, all its sin, its sadness,
Brightly at last, dawns a day of gladness:
Under thy sod, earth, receive our treasure,
To rest in God, waiting all His pleasure.
Though we may mourn those in life the dearest,
They shall return, Christ, when Thou appearest:
Soon shall thy voice comfort those now weeping,
Bidding rejoice all in Jesus sleeping.