The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes ‎#190

190. "For ever with the Lord!"

1 "For ever with the Lord!"
Amen, so let it be;
Life for the dead is in that word:
'Tis immortality.

Chorus:
Here in this body pent,
Absent from him I roam;
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home, 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 foreseeing eye
Thy golden gates appear! [Chorus]

3 Ah, then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,--
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above. [Chorus]

4 'Forever with the Lord!'
--Father, if 'tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
Even here to me fulfill. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: "For ever with the Lord!"
• Refrain First Line: Here in the body pent
• Publication Date: 1865
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
• Composer: I. B. Woodbury
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: By permission