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<h2>ALWAYS AND EVER</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.&#8221; Revelation 1:11</h3></p>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_a_d_adams_rw.html" target="_blank">Richard W. Adams</a>, 1997:
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<p>I wrote this hymn in July 1997, at the YMCA of the Ozarks, near Potosi, Missouri, during a family reunion to celebrate my parents&#8217; 50th wedding anniversary. I had felt an urge to record the theme of God&#8217;s eternal kingdom, but the words weren&#8217;t forthcoming. One morning I woke at 5:30 and couldn&#8217;t get back to sleep (the only day that I week I rose so early). In the
morning silence, I prayed that if God wanted this hymn written, He would give me the words. Following
that prayer, the lyrics gushed out, and the hymn was finished in minutes. Afterward, I walked along the shore of Sunnen Lake, marveling at the beauty around me: a quiet mist shrouding the water, the bright orange sun climbing over green hills, Canada geese flying low across the lake. I mused about how long nature had been like this, compared to man&#8217;s short stay on earth. God&#8217;s perspective and time span are so much
larger than ours, it is awesome to contemplate.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> &#8220;Bunessan,&#8221; traditional Gaelic melody </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_b_bunessan.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<td align="center"><small>Dedicated to my parents, Jim and Betty Adams, on their 50th wedding anniversary.<br>September 20, 1997<br>May they be together &#8220;Always and Ever,&#8221; in this life and the next.</small></td>
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<p class="cop">ALWAYS AND EVER. &copy; 1997, Richard W. Adams. These lyrics may be freely reproduced for Christian worship, provided they are not altered, and this notice is on each copy. All other rights reserved.</p>
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