Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#588

588. Forever with the Lord!

1 Forever with the Lord!
Amen! so let it be;
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality.

2 Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

3 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul! how near
At times to faith's foreseeing eye
Thy golden gates appear!

4 Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!

5 Forever with the Lord!
Father, it is Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word,
E'en here to me fulfil.

6 Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!"

Text Information

• First Line: Forever with the Lord!
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Heaven: anticipation of; Heaven: mansions in; Mansions in heaven
• Notes: Author from index: Montgomery

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