The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1358

1358. "Forever with the Lord!"

1 "Forever with the Lord!"
Amen, so let it be;
Life for the dead is in that word:
'Tis immortality.
Here in this 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 aspiring eye,
Thy gold gates appear!
Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love;
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above. [Chorus]

3 And when the morn shall come
That ends earth's night of pain,
Thro' grace I shall escape the tomb,
And life eternal gain;
Then knowing "as I'm known,"
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!" [Chorus]

4 "Forever with the Lord!"
Father, if 'tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en now to me fulfill.
Be thou at my right hand,
Then I can never fail;
Uphold thou me, and I shall stand,
And in thy strength prevail. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: "Forever with the Lord!"
• Author: James Montgomery
• Refrain First Line: Nearer home, nearer home
• Publication Date: 1886
• Scripture:
  Philippians 1:23
  ;
  Colossians 3:4
• Topic: Bible Songs: Reward of Saints

Tune Information

• Name: FOREVER WITH THE LORD
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
• Key: G Major or modal