When thy work is done

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When thy work of life is over

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [When thy work of life is over]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 When thy work of life is over,
And the evening time shall come,
Angel-bands will waft thee yonder
To the Father's blissful home.

Chorus:
There are many mansions bright,
There are snowy robes of white,
There are shining crowns of gold,
In the Saviour's blessed fold.

2 When thy sheaves are cut and garnered,
And thy arduous toil is o'er,
Then a rich reward awaits thee
Over on the golden shore. [Chorus]

3 Work, then, with a willing spirit,
And a willing, steady hand;
Soon the Lord will come to take thee
Over to the better land. [Chorus]

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #132

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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:	When thy work of life is over
Title:	When thy work is done
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line:	There are many, many mansions bright
Copyright:	Public Domain