Verse 1

FOR ever with the Lord! Amen, so let it be: Life from the dead is in that word, Tis immoratality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet night pitch my moving tent A day’s march near home.

Verse 2

My Father’s house on high, Home of my soul, how near At times to faith’s foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear! Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above.

Verse 3

For ever with the Lord! Father if ’tis Thy will, The promise of that faithful word Even here to me fulfill. Be Thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; Uphold thou me, and I shall stand; Fight, and I must prevail.

Verse 4

So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twin, By death I shall escape from death And life eternal gain. Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that throne: For ever with the Lord!

Background: For Ever With The Lord Amen So