← Forever with the Lord Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1358

Forever with the Lord

"Forever with the Lord!"

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"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 tentA day's march nearer home.

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My Father's house on high,Home of my soul, how nearAt times to faith's aspiring eye,Thy golden gates appear!Ah, then my spirit faintsTo reach the land I love;The bright inheritance of saints,Jerusalem above.

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And when the morn shall comeThat 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!"

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"Forever with the Lord!"Father, if 'tis thy will,The promise of that faithful wordE'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.

Nearer home, nearer home,A day's march nearer home.