Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Sleep thy last sleep free from care and sorrow
Topic: Funerals
Writer: E Dayman
Composer: Joseph Barney
Meter: 10s
Tune: Sleep Thy Last Sleep
Hymn Number: 542
Page Number: 192, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSLEEP 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 the 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.