Forever with the Lord (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-07)  CPDL #51737:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-07).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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Title: Forever with the Lord
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: James Montgomery

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86. D (S.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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1  Forever with the Lord! Amen! so let it be. Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him, I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. 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!

3  Forever with the Lord! O Father, 'tis Thy will. The promise of that faithful word E'en here to me fulfil. Be Thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail. Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand; Fight Thou, and I'll prevail. 4  So when my dying breath Shall set my spirit free, By death I shall escape from death To endless life with Thee. Knowing as I am known; How shall I love that word And oft repeat before the throne, "Forever with the Lord!"