Laudes Domini ‎#540

540. "For ever"

1 For ever with the Lord!"
So, Jesus! let it be;
Life from the dead is in that word;
'Tis immortality.
Here, in the body pent,
Absent from thee I roam:
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

2 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul! how near,
At times, to faith's aspiring eye,
Thy golden gates appear!
"For ever with the Lord!"
Father, if 'tis thy will,
The promise of thy gracious word
Ev'n here to me fulfill.

3 So, when my latest breath
Shall rend the vail in twain
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"For ever with the Lord!"

Text Information

• First Line: "Forever with the Lord!"
• Title: "For ever"
• Author: James Montgomery
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian's Death; Death; Hope: In Death; Resurrection: Of Believers
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: NEARER HOME
• Composer: I. B. Woodbury
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.