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SOON AND FOREVER

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 18, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 5.

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SOON AND FOREVER.

Soon and forever! such promise our trust, Though ashes to ashes and dust unto dust: Soon and forever, our union shall be Made perfect, our glorious Redeemer, in thee. When the sins and the sorrows of time shall be o'er, Its pangs and its partings remembered no more; Where life cannot fail, and death cannot sever, Christians with Christ shall be, soon and forever.
Soon 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 of sin; [never, Where tears, and where fears, and where death shall be 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 sink 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 forever