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Home to Rest

Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Whene'er my work on earth is done Refrain First Line: Home to rest, home to rest, my labor

[Whene’er my work on earth is done]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 55534 56653 54432 Used With Text: Home to Rest

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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of Sovereign Grace #137 (1897) First Line: Whene’er my work on earth is done Lyrics: 1 Whene’er my work on earth is done I’ll face the glowing west And calmly view life’s setting sun, And then go home to rest. Refrain: Home to rest, Home to rest, My labor done, at the set of sun, I’m going home to rest. 2 I’ll trust in Jesus, come what may, He’ll help me when oppressed; I’ll follow Him till close of day, And then go home to rest. [Refrain] 3 I know whatever lot I share, My Father’s will is best, So while I live my cross I’ll bear, And then go home to rest. [Refrain] 4 Some day beside the crystal sea I’ll stand among the blest, For soon my Lord will call for me, Then I’ll go home to rest. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Whene’er my work on earth is done]

Home to Rest

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Bow of Promise #158 (1898) First Line: Whene'er my work on earth is done Refrain First Line: Home to rest, home to rest Languages: English Tune Title: [Whene'er my work on earth is done]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman Author of "Home to Rest" 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

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Whene’er my work on earth is done]" in Songs of Sovereign Grace William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman