The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#618

618. "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!"
O Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfill.

6 Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight, and I must prevail.

7 So when my dying breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
To life eternal gain.

8 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!"
• Author: J. Montgomery (1835)
• Meter: S. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Last Things: The Heavenly Home; Eternal Life; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: ["Forever with the Lord!" Amen!]
• Arr. fr.: R. Schumann, 1810—56
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A♭ Major