Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Soon and for ever the breaking of day
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 10s and 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 844
Page Number: 497, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSoon and for ever the breaking of day
Shall chase all the night-clouds of sorrow away;
Soon and for ever 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 for ever.
Soon and for ever--such promise our trust--
Though ashes to ashes, and dust be to dust,
Soon and for ever 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 partings remembered no more;
Where life can not fail and where death can not sever,
Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.
Soon and for ever the work shall be done,
The warfare accomplished, the victory won;
Soon and for ever 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 to-morrow is brightening and near,
When--blessed reward for each faithful endeavor--
Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever!