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I'm On My Journey Home

Representative Text

1 My feet are weary, but I am going
To the fair palace of the king,
To see His beauty and share His glory,
AndHis eternal praises sing.

Chorus:
For I am going home, yes, I am going home,
To yonder city, bright and fair,
To see my Saviour dear, to see my Saviour dear.
And live with Him forever there.

2 Oh, do not hinder me on my journey,
For earth is not my dwelling-place!
I'm going homeward to meet my Saviour,
And see Him ever face to face. [Chorus]

3 A few more sorrows, a few more trials,
A few more burdens here to bear,
And I will enter the heav'nly portals,
And rest in peace forever there. [Chorus]


Source: Singing by the Way (Rev. ed.) #18

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Author: E. A. Hoffman

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… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: My feet are weary, but I am going
Title: I'm On My Journey Home
Author: E. A. Hoffman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: For I am going home, yes, I am going home
Copyright: Public Domain
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Singing by the Way #d27

Singing by the Way #d27
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Singing by the Way (Rev. ed.) #18

Singing by the Way (Rev. ed.) #18
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Songs for Christ and the Church #53

Songs for Christ and the Church #53
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The Master's Praise #133

The Master's Praise #133
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Tried and True #137

Tried and True #137
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