I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep,…
Tho’ this life make me laugh or weep,
Or evil doers mutt’r and peep;
All safe within my Master’s keep,
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep….
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep,…
In mountain peak or stormy deep;
Or bruiséd reed or weary sheep,
All safe in the Good Shepherd’s keep,
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep….
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep,…
Though tearful griefs upon me heap;
By morn’ my heart with joy shall leap,
For his Word e’er my Saviour’ll keep:
In faith, I’ll both lay down in peace, and sleep….
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep,…
God’s grace o’er sin-sick soul doth sweep,
The promise of his pow’r I reap;
My soul in my Redeemer’s keep,
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep….
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep,…
For he who’s crossed, ‘fore me, life’s steep
Hath pow’r to free me from death’s grip –
‘Til Advent-hour my soul doth keep!
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep….
Penned: December 25, 2015 at 12:21 A.M.
Scriptural allusion – Psalm 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:12.
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