Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#562

562. "For ever with the Lord!"

1 "For ever with the Lord!"
Amen! so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality!
Here is the body pent,
Absent from Him 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 unclouded eye,
Thy golden gates appear.
Ah! then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!

3 "For ever with the Lord!"
Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
Even here to me fulfil.
Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight, and I must prevail.

4 So when my latest breath
Shall rend the veil 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: "For ever with the Lord!"
• Author: J. Montgomery, 1771-1854
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Saints: Inheritance; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Heaven: Longing for; Heaven: Our Home; Heaven: Saints in; Eternal: Life; Heaven: Christ in; Home: Heaven our; Immortality; Life: Everlasting

Tune Information

• Name: NEARER HOME
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury, 1819-1858
• Harmonizer: Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Meter: S.M.D.
• Key: A♭ Major