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[Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Austin Miles Incipit: 34556 71311 165 Used With Text: Angels, Get My Mansion Ready

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Over yonder stands the mansion Refrain First Line: I am coming home to heaven Topics: Time and Eternity Heaven Used With Tune: [Over yonder stands the mansion]

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Angels, Get My Mansion Ready

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: New Songs of the Gospel No. 3 #56 (1907) First Line: Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me Refrain First Line: I am coming home to heaven, with the angels there to dwell Lyrics: 1 Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me, God ordained that I should have it from eternity; And I’ll send a pray’r before me, ere I cross the foam, “Angels, get my mansion ready, I am coming home.” Refrain: I am coming home to heaven, with the angels there to dwell, I am coming home to glory, where I’ll never say farewell; I am coming to that city, nevermore to roam, Angels, get my mansion ready, I am coming home. 2 Purer are the joys up yonder than the halls of mirth, Grander are the songs eternal than the songs of earth; Sweeter is the bread of heaven than the honey comb, Angels, get my mansion ready, I am coming home. [Refrain] 3 Tho’ a pilgrim I have wandered in the valley here, Now unto the blessed homeland I am drawing near; Soon amid these scenes of sorrow I will cease to roam, Angels, get my mansion ready, I am coming home. [Refrain] 4 When my work below is ended and my race is run, I will hear my Saviour calling at the set of sun; Then I’ll send a message upward, past yon vaulted dome, “Angels, get my mansion ready, I am coming home.” [Refrain] Tune Title: [Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me]

Angels, Get My Mansion Ready

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) #249 (1908) First Line: Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me Refrain First Line: I am coming home to heaven, with the angels there to dwell Topics: Future; Solos Languages: English Tune Title: [Over yonder stands the mansion Christ prepared for me]

Angels, Get My Mansion Ready

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal #435 (1977) First Line: Over yonder stands the mansion Refrain First Line: I am coming home to heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Over yonder stands the mansion]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Author of "Angels, Get My Mansion Ready" in The New National Baptist Hymnal 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, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Composer of "[Over yonder stands the mansion]" in The New National Baptist Hymnal Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry