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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: How many dear friends have passed on from my sight Refrain First Line: Waiting for me Lyrics: 1 How many dear friends have passed on from my sight, To mansions far over the foam; Safe now in that city of love and light, They’re waiting for me at home. Refrain: Waiting for me, Watching for me, No matter how far I may roam, Those loves ones in glory expect me to come, They’re waiting for me at home. 2 My father and mother have reached that blest shore, That country above yonder dome, Their love is the same, for tho’ gone on before, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 3 The brother and sister that loved me so well, No longer beside me here roam, They’ve reached that fair land with their Saviour to dwell, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 4 Those dear little rose-buds, the light of my eyes, Heard Jesus say, “Suffer them come;” They’re safe in his bosom above the blue skies, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 5 So heaven grows rich as the earth-land grows poor, My treasures are over the foam; They’re watching to see if by grace I endure, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [How many dear friends have passed]

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[How many dear friends have passed]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: H. P. Danks Incipit: 13215 43212 33456 Used With Text: Waiting for Me at Home

[How many dear friends have passed on from my sight]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: E. L. Ozendorff Incipit: 53211 71216 15171 Used With Text: Waiting for Me

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Waiting for Me at Home

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of Christian Service #31 (1903) First Line: How many dear friends have passed on from my sight Refrain First Line: Waiting for me Lyrics: 1 How many dear friends have passed on from my sight, To mansions far over the foam; Safe now in that city of love and light, They’re waiting for me at home. Refrain: Waiting for me, Watching for me, No matter how far I may roam, Those loves ones in glory expect me to come, They’re waiting for me at home. 2 My father and mother have reached that blest shore, That country above yonder dome, Their love is the same, for tho’ gone on before, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 3 The brother and sister that loved me so well, No longer beside me here roam, They’ve reached that fair land with their Saviour to dwell, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 4 Those dear little rose-buds, the light of my eyes, Heard Jesus say, “Suffer them come;” They’re safe in his bosom above the blue skies, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] 5 So heaven grows rich as the earth-land grows poor, My treasures are over the foam; They’re watching to see if by grace I endure, They’re waiting for me at home. [Refrain] Tune Title: [How many dear friends have passed]

Waiting for Me

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Revival No. 4 #115 (1903) First Line: How many dear friends have passed on from my sight Languages: English Tune Title: [How many dear friends have passed on from my sight]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman Author of "Waiting for Me" 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