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[Christ went a building to prepare]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. A. F.; J. McP. Incipit: 13321 55535 35565 Used With Text: Not Made With Hands

Author: Rev. E. A. Fergerson Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Christ went a building to prepare Refrain First Line: I know, I know, I have another building Lyrics: 1 Christ went a building to prepare, Not made with hands, And ‘twill be decked with jewels rare, Not made with hands. Refrain: I know, I know, I have another building, Yes, I know, I know, Not made with hands. 2 Just look over yonder and what do I see? Not made with hands, A heavenly home prepared for me, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 3 I’ve never been to heaven but so I’m told, Not made with hands, That the heavenly streets are paved with gold, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 4 The angels’ wings all tipped with gold, Not made with hands, They are so glorious to behold, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 5 Some morning fair I’m going away, Not made with hands, And I won’t come back ‘till Millennial day; Not made with hands. [Refrain] 6 I have some friends who’ve gone before, Not made with hands, Up there we’ll meet to part no more, Not made with hands. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Christ went a building to prepare]

Not made with hands

Author: Rev. E. A. Fergerson Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Christ Jesus went a building to prepare Refrain First Line: I know, I know in heaven for me Used With Tune: [Christ Jesus went a building to prepare]

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Not Made With Hands

Author: Rev. E. A. Fergerson Hymnal: Burning Bush Songs No. 1 #16 (1902) First Line: Christ went a building to prepare Refrain First Line: I know, I know, I have another building Lyrics: 1 Christ went a building to prepare, Not made with hands, And ‘twill be decked with jewels rare, Not made with hands. Refrain: I know, I know, I have another building, Yes, I know, I know, Not made with hands. 2 Just look over yonder and what do I see? Not made with hands, A heavenly home prepared for me, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 3 I’ve never been to heaven but so I’m told, Not made with hands, That the heavenly streets are paved with gold, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 4 The angels’ wings all tipped with gold, Not made with hands, They are so glorious to behold, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 5 Some morning fair I’m going away, Not made with hands, And I won’t come back ‘till Millennial day; Not made with hands. [Refrain] 6 I have some friends who’ve gone before, Not made with hands, Up there we’ll meet to part no more, Not made with hands. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Christ went a building to prepare]

Not Made with Hands

Author: E. A. Fergerson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12887 First Line: Christ Jesus went a building to prepare Refrain First Line: I know, I know Lyrics: 1 Christ Jesus went a building to prepare In Heav’n’s fair lands, And it will be decked with jewels rare Not made with hands. Refrain: I know, I know In Heav’n for me a mansion stands A home, a home Not made with hands. 2 Look yonder and a mansion you can see, All fair it stands, A beautiful home prepared for me Not made with hands. [Refrain] 3 I’ve never been to Heaven, but I’m told In those fair lands The streets are all paved with shining gold, Not made with hands. [Refrain] 4 The holy angels, beautiful and bright, Dwell in those lands, And soon we shall reach that home of light Not made with hands. [Refrain] 5 Some of my friends have journeyed on before, From earth’s dark lands, To dwell in that home forevermore Not made with hands. [Refrain] 6 Some morning fair, some bright and goldden day, When God commands, I’ll go to the home not far away Not made with hands. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Christ Jesus went a building to prepare]

Not Made with Hands

Author: E. A. Fergerson Hymnal: Songs of Evangelism #47 (1911) First Line: Christ Jesus went a building to prepare Refrain First Line: I know, I know in heav'n for me Languages: English Tune Title: [Christ Jesus went a building to prepare]

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E. A. Hoffman

1839 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. E. A. Hoffman Arranger of "[Christ Jesus went a building to prepare]" in Songs of Salvation and Service. Revised 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. Mary Louise VanDyke ============ Hoffman, Elisha Albright, author of "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?" (Holiness desired), in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1881, was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1839. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==============