1 On the mountain of Zion beyond the blue sky,
Stands a city so wondrous and fair;
I expect to depart for that land, by and by,--
For I'm laying my treasure up there.
Chorus:
I am laying my treasure up there, up there,
In that beautiful city so fair;
When its glories unfold
I'll have riches untold,
For I'm laying my treasure up there.
2 There's a mansion awaiting God's people, I'm told,
Which the Savior has gone to prepare;
There the walls are of jasper, the streets are of gold,
I am laying my treasure up there. [Chorus]
3 All the love of my heart, and my soul, mind and strength,
And the work that with Jesus I share,
Are but some of the riches I'll find there at length,--
For I'm laying my treasure up there. [Chorus]
4 So altho' a poor pilgrim on earth I may roam,
Ever constant in watching and prayer,
Soon I'll hear the glad summons to start for my home,
For I'm laying my treasure up there. [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 >
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files