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Meet Me at the Throne of Grace

There's a promise I would ask of you, brother

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [There's a promise I would ask of you, brother]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There’s a promise I would ask of you, brother,
And ‘tis one you can keep in any place;
‘Tis a promise that you will night and morning
Always meet me at the throne of grace.

Refrain:
O meet me at the throne, will you meet me?
Though we may not look upon each other’s face,
But wherever you may be, on the land or on the sea,
Will you meet me at the throne of grace?

2 O the precious hours we’ve spent here together,
Time and distance can nevermore efface;
But we promise that we’ll pray for each other
When we meet around the throne of grace. [Refrain]

3 Till we gather on the banks of the river,
After we shall have run our earthly race,
It will help us if we bear one another
Up to heaven at the throne of grace. [Refrain]

Source: Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #141

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 >

Text Information

First Line: There's a promise I would ask of you, brother
Title: Meet Me at the Throne of Grace
Author: Johnson Oatman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O meet me at the throne

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Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #141

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