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161. "Forever With the Lord!" | S.M. |
| by J. Montgomery, 1835 |
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| 1 | "Forever with the Lord!" | 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 22:20; Romans 11:15; 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 |
| Amen! so let it be: |
| Life from the dead is in that word, |
| 'Tis immortality. |
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| 2 | Here in the body pent, | 2 Corinthians 5:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:6; Numbers 9:18 |
| Absent from Him we roam, |
| Yet nightly pitch our moving tent |
| A day's march nearer home. |
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| 3 | Our Father's home on high, | John 14:2; Hebrews 11:13 |
| Home to our souls how dear, |
| E'en now to faith's transpiercing eye |
| Thy golden gates appear. |
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| 4 | Our thirsty spirits faint | Psalm 107:5; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Colossians 1:12; Revelation 21:2 |
| To reach the home we love; |
| The bright inheritance of saints, |
| Jerusalem above. |
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| 5 | And though there intervene | Matthew 14:23-24; 1 Timothy 6:16; Hebrews 2:9 |
| Rough seas and stormy skies, |
| Though by no mortal vision seen |
| Thy glory fills our eyes. |
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| 6 | There shall all clouds depart, | 2 Samuel 23:4 |
| The wilderness shall cease; |
| And sweetly shall each gladdened heart |
| Enjoy eternal peace. |
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