Concordia ‎#180

180. Forever with the Lord

1 Forever with the Lord!
Amen! so let it be;
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality.
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

Chorus:
Nearer home, nearer home,
A day's march nearer home.

2 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul! how near
At times to faith's fore-seeing eye
The golden gates appear!
Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above! [Chorus]

3 Forever with the Lord!
Father, it is Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfill.
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!" [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Forever with the Lord!
• Title: Forever with the Lord
• Author: James Montgomery (1835)
• Refrain First Line: Nearer home, nearer home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: The Christian Life: Aspiration and Hope; Closing Hymns
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WOODBURY
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury, 1819-58
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.