Christian Worship (1993) ‎#213

213. Forever with the Lord

1 Forever with the Lord!
Amen! So let it be.
Life from the dead is in that word,
My immortality.

2 While time on earth is spent,
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
The golden gates appear!

4 Lord, be at my right hand,
Then can I never fail.
If you uphold me, I shall stand;
With you I shall prevail.

5 So when my dying breath
Shall rend the veil in two,
By death I shall escape from death
To endless life with you.

6 I'll know as I am known;
How shall I love that word
And oft repeat before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!"

Text Information

• First Line: Forever with the Lord!
• Title: Forever with the Lord
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 (1771-1854, abr., alt.)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: End Time

Tune Information

• Name: SCHUMANN
• Meter: SM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Cantica Laudis, Boston, 1850