53.  Forever With The Lord

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“Forever with the Lord!”
Amen, so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
‘Tis, immortality.

2
Here we are being spent,
As pilgrims here we roam,
Yet nightly pitch our moving tent
A day’s march nearer home.

3
“Forever with the Lord!”
Father, thy blessed will
We’re learning daily through thy Word
And seeking to fulfil.

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And when our latest breath
Shall rend the vail in twain,
Through merit of our Savior’s death
We hope this bliss to gain.

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With thee the promised throne
Then evermore to share,
We’ll gladly make thy glory known,
Thy praises everywhere.