Christ My Song - 400

Forgotten! no; that cannot be - Everlasting remembrance (Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Everlasting Remembrance.

"O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me." (Isaiah 44,21)

1. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  all other names may pass away,
but thine, my Israel, shall remain
  in everlasting memory. (PDF - Midi)

2. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  inscribed upon my palms thou art;
the name I gave in days of old
  is graven still upon my heart.

3. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  belovèd of thy God art thou,
his crown for ever on thy head,
  his name for ever on thy brow.

4. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  he who upon thee named his name
assures thee of eternal love,
  a love for evermore the same.

5. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  the oath of him that cannot lie
is on thy city and thy land,
  an oath to all eternity.

6. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  the grace of ages deep and broad
is grace without decay, the grace,
  O Israel, of the Lord thy God.

7. Forgotten! no; that cannot be:
  sun, moon, and stars may cease to shine,
but thou shalt be remembered still,
  for thou art his, and he is thine.

November 11th, 1882.

Horatius Bonar, "Until the day break", 1890, 212-214.

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