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, many mansions bright,
There are snowy, snowy robes of white,
There are shining, shining crowns of gold
In the Savior'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: Pearly Gates: a collection of new songs for the Sunday school, prayer meeting, and social circle #16
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.
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