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Thread #26751   Message #420432
Posted By: GUEST,Dale Rose
18-Mar-01 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hallelujah Side
Subject: Lyr Add: THE HALLELUJAH SIDE (Oatman, Entwisle)
I accidently came across the print version this morning while leafing through an old gospel songbook ~~ I was pretty sure I had it, just couldn't locate it!

Since there are two more verses than Stewie and I were familiar with, I will transcribe the entire text. Variations from Stewie's transcription are slight, probably the most noticeable is substitution of bless-ed for precious in the first verse.

THE HALLELUJAH SIDE
Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr./J. Howard Entwisle Copyright 1898 by John J. Hood

Once a sinner, far from Jesus, I was perishing with cold,
But the bless-ed Savior heard me when I cried;
Then he threw His robe around me, and He led me to His fold,
And I'm living on the hallelujah side.

Chorus:
Oh, glory be to Jesus! let the hallelujahs roll;
Help me ring the Savior's praises far and wide;
For I've opened up tow'rd heaven all the windows of my soul,
And I'm living on the hallelujah side.

Tho' the world may sweep around me with her dazzle and her dreams,
Yet I envy not her vanities and pride;
For my soul looks up to heaven, where the golden sunlight gleams,
And I'm living on the hallelujah side.

Not for all earth's golden millions would I leave this precious place,
Tho' the tempter to persuade me oft has tried;
For I'm safe in God's pavilion, happy in His love and grace,
And I'm living on the hallelujah side.

Here the sun is always shining, here the sky is always bright;
'Tis no place for gloomy Christians to abide;
For my soul is filled with music, and my heart with great delight,
And I'm living on the hallelujah side.

And upon the streets of glory, when we reach the other shore,
And have safely crossed the Jordan's rolling tide,
You will find me shouting "Glory!" just outside my mansion door,
Where I'm living on the hallelujah side.

From The Glory Barn Special, Full Gospel Campaigns, John W. Sproul Evangelist (Inter-Denominational) Copyright 1925, by Thoro Harris, Publisher, 512 S. Campbell Ave., Chicago, Ill. ~~ a small hardback and one of my treasured books. The extra two verses are worth the time, especially for the phrase, For my soul is filled with music, and my heart with great delight which should be watch words for us here at Mudcat.