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Text: | "Forever with the Lord!" |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | FOREVER WITH THE LORD |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
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 | |
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First Line: | "Forever with the Lord!" |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Refrain First Line: | Nearer home, nearer home |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Bible Songs: Reward of Saints |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FOREVER WITH THE LORD |
Composer: | Isaac B. Woodbury |
Key: | G Major or modal |