"I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds"
                       By Paul Eber, 1511-1569
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds,
        There pardon for my sins abounds;
        Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness
        My jewels are, my glorious dress.
        In these before my God I'll stand
        When I shall reach the heavenly land.

        2. With peace and joy I now depart;
        God's child I am with all my heart.
        I thank thee, Death, thou leadest me
        To that true life where I would be.
        So cleansed by Christ, I fear not death.
        Lord Jesus, strengthen Thou my faith.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #585 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Luke 2: 29
        Author: Paul Eber, 1569, asc.
        Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1869, alt.
        Titled: "In Christi Wunden schlaf' ich ein"
        Tune: "Vater Unser"
        1st Published in: _Geistliche Lieder_
        Town: Leipzig, 1539
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