The Home Over There

O think of the home over there By the side of the river of light

Author: DeWitt Clinton Huntington
Tune: [O think of the home over there] (O'Kane)
Published in 465 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 O think of the home over there,
By the side of the river of light,
Where the saints all immortal and fair
Are robed in their garments of white.

Refrain:
Over there, over there, O think of the home over there.
Over there, over there, O think of the home over there.

2 O think of the friends over there,
Who before us the journey have trod;
Of the song that they breathe on the air
In their home in the palace of God.

3 My Saviour is now over there,
Where my kindred and friends are at rest;
Then away from my sorrow and care
Let me fly to the land of the blest.

4 I’ll soon be at home over there,
For the end of my journey I see;
Many dear to my heart over there
Are waiting and watching for me.


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #886

Author: DeWitt Clinton Huntington

Rv DeWitt Clinton Huntington USA 1830-1912. Born at Townsend, VT, one of nine siblings, he attended Syracuse University, NY, and was ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1853. He married Frances Harriett Davis in 1853, and they had three children: Charles, Thomas, and Horace. After her death in 1866, he married Mary Elizabeth Moore in 1868, and they had a daughter, Mary Frances. He pastored in Rochester, NY, (1861-71 & 1876-79), Syracuse, NY, (1873-76), Olean, NY, (1885-89), Bradford, PA, (1882-85 & 1889-91), and Lincoln, NE, (1891-96), where he became a Methodist District Superintendent of relief work. At his pastorate he also personally designed and oversaw construction of a brick sanctuary seating over 1100 people. A depress… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O think of the home over there By the side of the river of light
Title: The Home Over There
Author: DeWitt Clinton Huntington
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Over there! over there
Notes: Swahili translation: See "Mjini ni mbinguni kwa Mungu"
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Bells #136

Gospel Crusade Hymns #d92

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Gospel Echoes #30

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Gospel Gems Number 1 #111

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Gospel Herald in Song #205

Gospel Hour Song Book #d102

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Gospel Hymn and Tune Book #440

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Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs #92

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Gospel Hymns and Songs #138

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Gospel Hymns No. 2 #118

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Gospel Hymns No. 4 #124

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #54

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Gospel Jewels #74

Gospel Light #d203

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d304

Gospel Melodies #d140

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Gospel Melodies New and Old #62

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Gospel Melodies #196

Gospel Melodies #d121

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d97

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Gospel Praise Book. #131

Gospel Rays #d184

Gospel Searchlight Songs #d132

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Gospel Song-Gems No.1 #235

Gospel Songs No. 2 #d112

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Gospel Songs #48

Gospel Sunshine #d118

Gospel Tidings, a Book of Select Gospel Songs #d89

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Gospel Truth in Song No. 3 #98

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Great Joy! #129

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Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #336

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Great Songs of the Church #233

Great Songs of the Church #174

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Great Tabernacle Hymns #249

Greatest and Lasting Hymns #d245

Greatest Hymns for use in the Churches #d229

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Hallelujahs #137

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Hallowed Songs #145

Harvest of Light #d155

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Heart Melodies No. 3 #235

Heavenly Pictures #d75

Helpful Hymns #d146

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Herald of Praise #174

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Highest Praise #196

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Holy Voices #64

Home Gospel Songs #d154

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Honey Out of the Rock #195

Humbard Family Songs #d67

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #905

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d391

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #905

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Hymn-Songs #235

Hymnal and Ritual Services for the Union Gospel Church #d71

Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d159

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Hymns and Tunes #124

Hymns for the Master #d81

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1141

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d818

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Hymns New and Old, Revised #166

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Hymns New and Old #179

Hymns of Calvary, a Choice Collection of Old and New Century Hymns and Songs #d164

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Hymns of Glory No. 2 #226

Hymns of Grace #d314

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #200

Hymns of the Faith #251

Hymns of the Upper Room #d98

Inspirational Songs for Sunday School, Social Worship, Missionary and Evangelistic Work #d181

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International Song Service #59

Jasper and Gold #231

Jehovah's Praise #d145

Jewel Selections #d129

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Joy and Gladness #S37

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Joy to the World #211

Joyful Singing #d23

Kingdom Songs #d160

Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d157

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Kingdom Songs #273

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Kingdom Songs #162

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Lasting Hymns No. 2 #80

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Lasting Hymns #191

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Laudes Domini #423

Let Everybody Sing #d168

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Life and Service Hymns #359

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Light and Life Songs #212

Living Songs of Faith and Hope #d131

Living Water Songs No. 2 #d111

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Make Christ King #260

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Make Christ King. Combined #249

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #510

Melodies for Jesus #d46

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Melodies of Zion #98

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Melodious Sonnets #151

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Minnetonka Songs #125b

Missionary Hymns #d76

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Morning Stars #203

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National Tidings of Joy #84

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New Baptist Hymnal #393

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #698

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #698

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New Melodies #134

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