My Home Is on the Rock

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Praise God, I live in Beulah land

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [Praise God, I live in Beulah land] (Geibel)
Published in 8 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Praise God, I live in Beulah land,
My house will all the storms withstand;
It is not built on sinking sand,
My home is on the Rock.

Refrain:
My home is on the Rock,
The Everlasting Rock;
I do not fear when storms are near,
My home is on the Rock.

2 When come life’s trials thick and fast,
When clouds are o’er my pathway cast,
Secure, I can withstand the blast,
My home is on the Rock. [Refrain]

3 When troubles come that would appall,
When other buildings round me fall,
I rest in Christ, my all in all,
My home is on the Rock. [Refrain]

4 And when my time has come to die,
I’ll have a mansion in the sky;
But still I’ll sing as ages fly,
My home is on the Rock. [Refrain]

Evening Light Songs, 1987 (Timeless Truths)

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Author: Johnson Oatman

Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Praise God, I live in Beulah land
Title:	My Home Is on the Rock
Author:	Johnson Oatman
Meter:	8.8.8.6 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	My home is on the rock
Copyright:	Public Domain