Where did the name Farm Yonder come from? I faintly remember a few weeks after we decided to form a community that we had a discussion about a name. Someone (who?) suggest Farm Yonder and we all agreed fairly quickly. Not vote or anything like that.
Our name always brought to mind the famous gospel song, Goin' Up Yonder. Of course, "yonder" meant "heaven" for the gospel singers and I suppose there was a lot of heaven" at Farm Yonder. At least for me. Below is a video from Youtube of a young gospel singer performing it. The lyrics are below that.
If anybody asks you where I'm going
Where I'm going
Where I'm going soon
I can take the pain,
The heartaches that it brings,
The comforts in knowing I'll soon be gone.
I'm going up yonder (going up yonder)
I'm going up yonder (going up yonder)
I'm going up yonder to be with my Lord.
If God gives me grace
To run this race,
'Til I see my Savior,
I see him face to face.
I'm going up yonder (going up yonder)
I'm going up yonder (going up yonder)
I'm going up yonder to be with my Lord.
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