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[When my work is finish'd, I'm trying to do]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. E. Leslie Incipit: 55111 23216 11233 Used With Text: Will the Gates of Heaven Be Open?

Will the Gates of Heaven Be Open to Me?

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: When my work is finish'd I'm trying to do Refrain First Line: Open to me, open to you Used With Tune: [When my work is finish'd I'm trying to do]

Wird das Thor des Himmels sich öffnen

Author: E. C. Magaret; E. R. Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Wenn mein Werk hienieden für Jesum getan Refrain First Line: Öffnet es sich Used With Tune: [Wenn mein Werk hienieden für Jesum getan]

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Will the gates of Heaven be open?

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Crowning Glory No. 1 #157 (1890) First Line: When my work is finished! Lyrics: 1 When my work is finished! I'm trying to do, For my dear Redeemer, tho' humble I be; Will the golden city arise to my view? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? Chorus: Open to me, Open to me, Will the gates of heaven be open to me, Will the golden city arise to my view, Will the gates of heaven be open to me? 2 When my toilsome journey is ended below, And my feet, so weary, forever are free, Will the walls of jasper effulgently glow? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? [Chorus] 3 When the tears of sorrow, so common to all, And each scene of trouble completed shall be, Will the voice of Jesus in tenderness call? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? [Chorus] 4 Where no death nor sickness can evermore come, And the loved, if holy, each other shall see, Will I there be welcomed, no longer to roam? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? Cho. for v 4: Open to me, Open to me, Yes the gates of heaven will open to me, Yes the golden city will rise to my view, And the gates of heaven will open to me? Languages: English Tune Title: [When my work is finished!]

Will the Gates of Heaven Be Open to Me?

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: The Gospel Echo #147 (1916) First Line: When my work is finished, I'm trying to do Refrain First Line: Open to me Languages: English Tune Title: [When my work is finished, I'm trying to do]

Will the Gates of heaven be Open to Me?

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Honey Out of the Rock #20 (1894) First Line: When my work is finish'd, I'm trying to do Refrain First Line: Open to me Lyrics: 1 When my work is finish’d, I’m trying to do, For my dear Redeemer, tho’ humble I be; Will the golden city arise to my view? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? Refrain: Open tome, Open to me, Will the gates of heaven be open to me, Will the golden city arise to my view, Will the gates of heaven be open to me? 2 When my toilsome journey is ended below, And my feet, so weary, forever are free, Will the walls of jasper effulgently flow? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? [Refrain] 3 When the tears of sorrow, so common to all, And each scene of trouble completed shall be, Will the voice of Jesus in tenderness call? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? [Refrain] 4 Where no death nor sickness can evermore come, And the loved, if holy, each other shall see, Will I there be welcomes, no longer to roam? Will the gates of heaven be open to me? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When my work is finish'd, I'm trying to do]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Will the gates of Heaven be open?" in Crowning Glory No. 1 Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry