"For ever with Thee, Lord". A hymn by J N Darby, originally published as a poem.

This hymn is part of ‘The soul’s desire’  1881, published in ‘Spiritual Songs’, Kingston Bible Trust, reprinted 1985, page 71.	Suggested scripture references are inserted opposite each line of the hymn, suggestions more apposite texts would be greatly welcomed. Red Beret
Hymn number 19, included in 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973 & 2001 editions of the LFHB Metre  6.5.11.6.5.11.	Darby, J. N. 18.11.1800-29.4.1882, b. Westminster. Trinity College, Dublin, 1825 C of Ireland deacon, then priest c1825-c1831, editor of 1881 LFHB, d. Sundridge House, Bournemouth, Dorset.
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For ever with Thee, Lord,	1 Thess 4.17  so shall we ever be with the Lord.
And like Thee to be,	1John 3.2  we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is
For ever with Thee, at Thy coming again;	Joh 14:3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
We'll live in Thy grace, Lord,	Rom 14.8  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
We'll gaze on Thy face,	Rev 22.3,4  his servants shall serve him:  And they shall see his face
When finished our race, at Thy coming again.	2Tim 4.7  I have finished the race
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The traits of that face, Lord,	Isa 53:2  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Once marred through Thy grace,	Isa 52.14  his visage was so marred more than any man
With joy we shall trace at Thy coming again;	John 16.22  I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice
With Thee evermore, Lord,	John 17.24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am
Our hearts will adore,	Ps 111:1  Hallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with [my] whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly.
Our sorrow be o'er at Thy coming again.	John 16.22  ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you
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We'll sit on Thy throne, Lord,	Rev 3.21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne
Confessed as Thine own,	Mt 10.32  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven
Of all to be known at Thy coming again.	2Thess 1.10  When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe
But glory on high, Lord,	Col 1.27  Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Is not like being nigh,	Re 3:12 He that overcomes, him will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more at all out;
When all is gone by, at Thy coming again.	2Ti 4:6  For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come.