Forever with the Lord!
- Authors
- James Montgomery, (1771-1854).
- Year
- 1835
- Example Text
- Forever with the Lord! Amen, so let it be...
- Popularity
- 17%
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- Scripture References
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- Job 19:27
- Psalm 16:8; 16:11
- John 14:2-3; 17:3; 17:24
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 2 Corinthians 5:4-8
- Philippians 1:23; 3:2
- Colossians 3:4
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
- Hebrews 11:13; 11:16; 12:22
- 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 days march nearer home.
3 "Forever with the Lord!"
Father if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word,
E'en here to me fulfill.
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!"
Source:African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #477
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