When the Sun Goes Down

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We are going home to rest

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [We are going home to rest]
Published in 17 hymnals

Representative Text

1 We are going home to rest,
By and by when the sun goes down,
We shall reach those mansions blest,
By and by when the sun goes down.

Refrain:
When the sun of our life goes down,
We're going home, we're going home,
Home to wear a robe and crown,
When the sun goes down.

2 God will wipe away all tears,
By and by when the sun goes down,
Peace and rest, thro' endless years,
By and by when the sun goes down. [Refrain]

3 We will never know a sigh,
By and by when the sun goes down,
We will never say, "good-by,"
By and by when the sun goes down. [Refrain]

4 Blessed hour of all most sweet,
By and by when the sun goes down,
For our Saviour we will meet,
By and by when the sun goes down. [Refrain]

5 We shall join the blood-washed throng,
By the by when the sun goes down,
Sing the everlasting song,
By and by when the sun goes down. [Refrain]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #78

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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 >

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First Line:	We are going home to rest
Title:	When the Sun Goes Down
Author:	Johnson Oatman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When the sun of our life goes down
Copyright:	Public Domain