I’ve written before about the use of sleep as a euphemism for death. One of the most common iterations of this metaphor is the simple epitaph “asleep in Jesus” that I’ve found on a tombstone in nearly every cemetery I’ve visited. It is, I suppose, intended to add an additional layer of comfort – not only is your loved one not dead, but merely sleeping, but he or she is sleeping safely in the arms of the Christian savior and son of God.
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Asleep in Jesus
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged ashtabula, asleep, asleep in jesus, chestnut grove cemetery, epitaphs, euclid, euclid cemetery, lakewood, lakewood historical society, ohio, sleep on April 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »