T At home in Heaven. OR ever with the Lord!" Amen; so let it be; Life from the dead is in that word Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, My Father's house on high, At times, to faith's far-seeing eye Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, Yet clouds will intervene, Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart, Beneath its glowing arch, I hear at morn and even, Then, then I feel that He, The Lord, is never far from me, Hidden alike from view, I sleep, I wake, as in His sight All that I am, have been, All that I yet may be, He sees at once, as He hath seen, How can I meet His eyes? Mine on the cross I cast, And own my life a Saviour's prize, Mercy from first to last. "For ever with the Lord!" Father if '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, So when my latest breath Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, And oft repeat before the throne, "For ever with the Lord." Then, though the soul enjoy The trump of final doom Will speak the self-same word, And heaven's voice thunder through the tomb, "For ever with the Lord." The tomb shall echo deep That death-awakening sound; The saints shall hear it in their sleep, And answer from the ground. Then, upward as they fly, That resurrection-word Shall be their shout of victory, "For ever with the Lord!" That resurrection-word, Once more, "For ever with the Lord!" Amen, so let it be ! Montgomery. His Servants shall serve him. E seek that land whose light e'en now, There day and night Thy happy saints, The service here we strive to pay By weakness marred, by darkness clouded, Strong in Thy strength, bright with Thy day, We there shall offer perfectly, In light and love unshrouded. Our hearts, whose love has taught them this, Thine infinite completeness. The songs, here drowned in the moan And for our feet, to earth which cling, So let us strive, with earnest soul, Thy work to do, though small the measure, Knowing it part of one great whole, All tending to our highest goal, Thy perfect will and pleasure. F. L. And they shall see His face. HAT must it be to dwell above, At God's right hand where Jesus reigns, H |