The Palaces of Light

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Beyond the darkness of the tomb

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Beyond the darkness of the tomb]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Beyond the darkness of the tomb,
Are palaces of light,
Forever clothed in vernal bloom,
And bathed in glory bright.

Chorus:
Clean robes, pure robes,
In Jesus' blood made white,
We all must ear to enter there,
In the palaces of light.

2 There, crowned with everlasting joy,
The blood-washed myriads reign,
Arrayed in garments snowy white,
Unmarred with sin or stain. [Chorus]

3 And may I have a dwelling there,
A home at God's right hand,
A mansion golden, bright and fair,
Within that better land. [Chorus]

4 O palaces of glorious light,
I long your bliss to share!
Dear Jesus, cleanse me in thy blood,
And give mo entrance there. [Chorus]

Source: The Evergreen: songs for the Sunday school, sanctuary and home circle #4

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Author: Elisha 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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First Line:	Beyond the darkness of the tomb
Title:	The Palaces of Light
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Clean robes, pure robes
Copyright:	Public Domain