2 Here, in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent 3 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, 4 Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, 5 "Forever with the Lord!" 871 RAPHAEL. C. M. The promise of that faithful word 6 Be Thou at my right hand, Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand; 7 So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, 8 Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, And oft repeat, before the throne, "Forever with the Lord!" James Montgomery, 1835 Gaetano Donizetti, 1797-1848. S. Webbe, [?] 1740-1816. 873 LAMBETH. C. M. 4 1. There is a fold whence none can stray, And pastures ev - er green. 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, 3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.-REF. Faith's journeys end in welcomes to the weary, And heaven, the heart's true home, will come at last.-REF. 5 Angels, sing on! your faithful watches keeping; Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping, And life's long shadows break in cloudless love.-REF. Rev. Frederick W. Faber, 1854. |