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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy west Used With Tune: [When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy west]

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[When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy West]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 12355 65332 12165 Used With Text: I'm Going Home at Last

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I'm Going Home at Last

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Light in the Valley #193 (1898) First Line: When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy West Lyrics: 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] Topics: Revival Languages: English Tune Title: [When I see life's golden sunset lighting up the rosy West]

I'm Going Home At Last

Author: John Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13067 First Line: When I see life’s golden sunset Refrain First Line: I’m going home at last Lyrics: 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. Refrain: 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. [Refrain] 3 When I pass down thro’ the valley And the shadow of the dead, To my blessèd Savior’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. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When I see life’s golden sunset]

I'm Going Home at Last

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #18 (1904) First Line: When I see life’s golden sunset lighting up the rosy west Refrain First Line: I’m going home at last, I’m going home at last Tune Title: [When I see life’s golden sunset lighting up the rosy west]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "I'm Going Home at Last" in Light in the Valley 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, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[When I see life’s golden sunset lighting up the rosy west]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/