Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#590

590. 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.

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 For ever with the Lord!
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 latest breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.

8 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: James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Life in Christ: Aspiration; The Life In Christ: Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ: Life Everlasting
• Notes: This hymn may also be sung to KANE (No. 165)

Tune Information

• Name: CARLISLE
• Composer: Charles Lockhart, 1745 - 1815
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: E♭ Major