418 | Living Hymns#419 | 420 |
Text: | Forever with the Lord |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | VIGIL |
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 "Forever with the Lord!"
Father if 'tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word,
E'en here to me fulfil.
4 So, when my latest breath
Shall rend the vail in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
5 Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!"
Text Information | |
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First Line: | "Forever with the Lord!" |
Title: | Forever with the Lord |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VIGIL |
Meter: | S. M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |