====== #654 - The Bright Forever ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *++Hubert Platt Main|{{search>"Hubert Platt Main" @cobs}}++ (1839-1925), 1871
  *[[/data/media/midi/654.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=654&.gif?}}++
  *[[:incipit]]: 5133432113532125133433213325765
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 51343213532125134321325765
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Breaking through the clouds that gather,\\
O'er the Christian's natal skies,\\
Distant beams, like floods of glory,\\
Fill the soul with glad surprise;\\
And we almost hear the echo\\
Of the pure and holy throng,\\
In the bright, the bright forever,\\
In the summer land of song.\\
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//chorus: //\\
On the banks beyond the river\\
We shall meet, no more to sever;\\
In the bright, the bright forever,\\
In the summer land of song.\\
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Yet a little while we linger,\\
Ere we reach our journey's end;\\
Yet a little while of labor,\\
Ere the evening shades descend;\\
Then we'll lay us down to slumber,\\
But the night will soon be o'er;\\
In the bright, the bright forever,\\
We shall wake, to weep no more.\\
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O the bliss of life eternal!\\
O the long unbroken rest!\\
In the golden fields of pleasure,\\
In the region of the blest;\\
But, to see our dear Redeemer,\\
And before His throne to fall,\\
There to bear His gracious welcome,\\
Will be sweeter far than all.\\
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    *++Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby|{{search>"Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby" @cobs}}++ (1820-1915), 1871