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Gleaming Gates of God

When my work on earth is done, At the setting of the sun

Author: Alfred Barratt
Tune: [When my work on earth is done] (Henson)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Alfred Barratt

Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When my work on earth is done, At the setting of the sun
Title: Gleaming Gates of God
Author: Alfred Barratt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: That will be a golden day for me
Publication Date: 1955
Copyright: © 1955 in "Portal of Glory" by J. M. Henson

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Carols of Love #34

Portals of Glory #40

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