After You Reach Home Look for Me

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If some night God shall send His death angel

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [If some night God shall send His death angel]
Published in 9 hymnals

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1 If some night God shall send His death angel,
With a kiss, who will set your free;
When your feet press the gold streets of heaven,
after you reach home look for me.

Refrain:
Look for me, I'll be there;
After you reach home look for me;
When you're happy in your house of many mansions,
after you reach home, look for me.

2 We have walked down the vale here together,
and I know I will lonely be;
But since steering my course for that city
After you reach home look for me. [Refrain]

3 Just how long I will be on the journey,
Is not for me to know or see;
Do not tired grow of watching and waiting;
After you reach home look for me. [Refrain]

4 I will often grow homesick for heaven,
Tho', in memory you will be;
But be sure I will join you there sometime;
After you reach home look for me. [Refrain]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #117

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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:	If some night God shall send His death angel
Title:	After You Reach Home Look for Me
Author:	Johnson Oatman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Look for me, I'll be there
Publication Date:	1925
Copyright:	Public Domain