Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity

'Soon and for ever,'
Such promise our trust.
Though ashes to ashes.
And dust unto dust;

"Soon and for ever"
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 where
Death cannot sever.
Christians with Christ shall be,
"Soon and for ever."

"Soon and for ever,"
The breaking of day
Shall drive all the night-clouds
Of sorrow away;

"Soon and for ever"
We'll see as we're seen.
And learn the deep meaning
Of things that have been:

When fightings without us.
And fears from within.
Shall weary no more in
The warfare of sin;

Where fears, and where tears, and where
Death shall be never.
Christians with Christ shall be,
"Soon and for ever."

"Soon and for ever"
The work shall be done.
The warfare accomplish'd,
The victory won:

"Soon and for ever"
The soldier lays down
His sword for a harp, and
His cross for a crown:

Then droop not in sorrow.
Despond not in fear,
A glorious to-morrow
Is brightening and near;

When (blessed reward of each
Faithful endeavour)
Christians with Christ shall be,
"Soon and for ever."