Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnal #616 (1941) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: "Forever with the Lord!" Lyrics: 1 "Forever 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 "Forever with the Lord!"
O Father, 'tis Thy will.
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfil.
6 Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail.
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight Thou, and I'll prevail.
7 So when my dying 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,
"Forever with the Lord!"
Amen. Topics: The Last Things Life Everlasting Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Languages: English Tune Title: SCHUMANN
Forever with the Lord