1 Lift your eyes, ye pilgrims, toward the promised land,
Lift your eyes, ye pilgrims, toward the promised land;
For Jesus will take us in his arms, by and by,
And carry us safely home.
Chorus:
He will carry us safely home,
He will carry us safely home;
Yes, Jesus will take us in his arms,
And carry us safely home.
2 We will fear no danger as we march along,
We will fear no danger as we march along;
For Jesus will guide us with his eye all the way,
And carry us safely home. [Chorus]
3 Tho' we walk in sorrow and the tear drops fall,
Tho' we walk in sorrow and the tear drops fall;
Yet Jesus will send the Comforter, bless his name,
And carry us safely home. [Chorus]
4 When our work is finished and our race is run,
When our work is finished and our race is run;
Then Jesus will give his toilers rest, blessed rest,
And carry us safely home. [Chorus]
5 There will be no river when we come to die,
There will be no river when we come to die;
For Jesus will take us in his arms, by and by,
And carry us safely home. [Chorus]
Source: Light in the Valley: a new work of great merit for the Sunday school, revivals, Christian Endeavor, Epworth League, young people's society, and all forward movement along the line of battle... #68
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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