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Author: Eden Reeder Latta Appears in 22 hymnals First Line: When we get home to that beautiful land Refrain First Line: When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! Lyrics: 1 When we get home to that beautiful land, With its beautiful city of gold; When we have passed o’er the river of death, And are safe in the heavenly fold; Wearisome toil, tribulation and care, That burden our spirits today, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass— Shall pass, unreturning, away. Refrain: When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! 2 When we get home from our wanderings here To that clime where they wander no more; When, with the loved that have passed into rest, We shall stand with our harps on the shore; Sorrow and strife, and our proneness to err, The pain and the sickness we bear, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass, And ne’er shall they trouble us there. [Refrain] 3 When we get home, and it will not be long, Till we finish our journey below; When we shall lose every cumbering weight, And the sins that doth hinder us so; Tears that we shed in our sorrowful hours, The fears and the doubts that molest, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass, And reach not the home of the blest. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [When we get home to that beautiful land]

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[When we get home to that beautiful land]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. O. Perkins Incipit: 51117 65653 55111 Used With Text: When We Get Home

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When We Get Home

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10657 First Line: When we get home to that beautiful land Refrain First Line: When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! Lyrics: 1 When we get home to that beautiful land, With its beautiful city of gold; When we have passed o’er the river of death, And are safe in the heavenly fold; Wearisome toil, tribulation and care, That burden our spirits today, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass— Shall pass, unreturning, away. Refrain: When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! When we get home, how sweet ’twill be! 2 When we get home from our wanderings here To that clime where they wander no more; When, with the loved that have passed into rest, We shall stand with our harps on the shore; Sorrow and strife, and our proneness to err, The pain and the sickness we bear, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass, And ne’er shall they trouble us there. [Refrain] 3 When we get home, and it will not be long, Till we finish our journey below; When we shall lose every cumbering weight, And the sins that doth hinder us so; Tears that we shed in our sorrowful hours, The fears and the doubts that molest, Like as a dream or a shadow shall pass, And reach not the home of the blest. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home to that beautiful land]

When We Get Home

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Good News #18 (1876) First Line: When we get home to that beautiful land Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home to that beautiful land]

When We Get Home

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Lasting Hymns No. 2 #88 (1906) First Line: When we get home to that beautiful land Languages: English Tune Title: [When we get home to that beautiful land]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Person Name: Eden Reeder Latta Author of "When We Get Home" in The Cyber Hymnal Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

W. O. Perkins

1831 - 1902 Author of "When we get home how sweet 'twill be" in The Canadian Hymnal William Oscar Perkins DMus USA 1831-1902. Born at Stockbridge, VT, older brother of Henry, and the son of musical parents (both singers) he was trained musically, primarly by his father. He attended the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH, then studied music in Boston, MA, London, England, and Milan, Italy. He settled in Boston, MA, and founded a music academy, where he taught music. He published a number of hymnals in Boston, then moved to New York City. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of music degree in 1879 by Hamilton College. He wrote 19 books (1861-1897), including a history of the war in South Africa (1900). He published 33 hymnals 1859-1882). In 1870 he published ”The Chorister”, his 400-page music collection for choirs, schools, and conventions. He was an author, composer, editor, compiler, and originator. He died at Boston, MA. John Perry