Hymns:Forever with the Lord

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Forever with the Lord
Title Forever with the Lord
Author J. Montgomery, 1771-1854
Composer J. M. Spiess, 1715-72
Published
Orig. Key D Major
Orig. Language
Meter S M
Melody
1st Line Forever with the Lord
Scriptures

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 set my spirit free,
    By death I shall escape from death
    To endless life with Thee.
  8. Knowing as I am known;
    How shall I love that word
    And oft repeat before the throne,
    "Forever with the Lord!"

Hymnal Instances

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References

  1. ↑ Hymnary.org (2009). "Instances: Forever with the Lord". 
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