Throw open the gates afar

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My treasures are gathering yonder

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [My treasures are gathering yonder]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 My treasures are gathering yonder,
I am loosing my hold on the earth,
The Saviour is gently preparing,
My soul for its heavenly birth:
The idols once loved are all broken,
And the cords that have bound me are riven,
My spirit is pluming its pinions
For its beautiful home in Heaven:

Chorus: I am coming, O glorified loved ones,
Throw open the gates afar,
I am coming to be where my Jesus
And the beautiful angels are,
I am coming to be where my Jesus
And the beautiful angels are.

2 My spirit is growing world-weary,
For the vision of Heaven appears,
Where eyes will no longer be teary
As here, through the long, sad years.
My life is now slowly receding,
And the death-angel stands at the door,
The glorified loved ones are waiting
To welcome me to yon shore. [Chorus]

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #86

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My treasures are gathering yonder
Title:	Throw open the gates afar
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line:	I am coming, O glorified loved ones
Copyright:	Public Domain