Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Soon and forever the breaking of day
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 10s and 11s
Tune: Chant VIII
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 323, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSoon and forever, the breaking of day
Shall chase all the night clouds of sorrow away;
Soon and forever we'll see as we're seen,
And know the deep meaning of things that have been
Where fightings without, and conflicts within,
Shall weary no more in the warfare with sin;
Where tears and where fears and where death shall be never,
Christians with Christ shall be soon and forever.
Soon and forever, such promise our trust,
Thought ashes to ashes, and dust be to dust;
Soon and forever our union shall be
Made perfect our glorious Redeemer in thee,
When the cares and the sorrows of time shall be o'er,
Its pangs and its parting remembered no more;
Where life cannot fail, and where death cannot sever,
Christians with Christ shall be soon and forever.
Soon and forever the work shall be done,
The warfare accomplished, the victory won;
Soon and forever the soldier lay down
The sword for a harp, the cross for a crown,
Then droop not in sorrow, despond not in fear,
A glorious tomorrow is brightening and near,
Where, blessed reward, for each faithful endeavor,
Christians with Christ shall be soon and forever.