1 When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy West,
When the shadows backward o'er my way are cast;
I shall look upon that moment as the one supremely blest,
I'm going home at last.
Chorus:
I'm going home at last,
I'm going home at last;
When my work on earth is ended and my race below is run,
I'm going home at last.
2 Tho' the road at times was weary, over which my feet have trod,
Tho' thro' many tribulations I have passed;
Yet I soon will reach my mansion in the city of our God,
I'm going home at last. [Chorus]
3 When I pass down thro' the valley and the shadow of the dead,
To my blessed Saviour's hand I will hold fast
He has promised to go with me, so my soul will have no dread,
I'm going home at last. [Chorus]
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 >
Display Title: I'm Going Home At LastFirst Line: When I see life’s golden sunsetTune Title: [When I see life’s golden sunset]Author: John Oatman, Jr.Source: Light in the Valley (Philadelphia: George C. Hugg, 1898)
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