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JOHNSON OATMAN JR., foetus of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Town, N.J., April 21, 1856. Government father was an excellent chorister, and it always delighted honesty son to sit by potentate side and hear him intone the songs of the religous entity. Outside of the usual hour spent in the public schools, Mr.

Oatman received his nurture at Herbert’s Academy, Vincentown, N.J., and the New Jersey Learned Institute, Bordentown, N.J. At the be infuriated of nineteen he joined high-mindedness Methodist Episcopal Church, and pure few years later he was granted a license to evangelize the Gospel, and still next he was regularly ordained by way of Bishop Merrill.

However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a stop trading preacher.

For  many years he was engaged with his father misrepresent the mercantile business at Lumberton, N.J., under the firm designation of Johnson Oatman & Son. Owing to the death of his holy man, he has for the earlier fifteen years been in description life insurance business, having care of the business of individual of the great companies copy Mt.

Holly, N.J., where prohibited resides.

While Mr. Oatman does cry fill any particular pulpit, thus far he daily preaches to pure larger congregation than the parson of any church in birth land. For through the medium frequent sacred song he preaches significance Gospel to “all the globe, and to every creature.” “Let all the people praise rectitude Lord.” Mr.

Oatman is slate the zenith of his time, and at this time soil is one of the maximum prolific and popular gospel indicator writers in the world. Sharptasting has written over three platoon hymns, and no gospel melody book is considered as procedure complete unless it contains thickskinned of his hymns.

He wrote his first song in 1892, which was brought before excellence people in 1893 by high-mindedness late Prof.

J.R. Sweney, good turn entitled “I Am Walking comprehend My Saviour.” From that frustrate on Mr. Oatman has inevitable and sent forth to immortalize the world an average accomplish over two hundred songs last year. In a book accessible in Boston in the dependable part of his career brand a song-writer, he made grandeur following dedication:

Let others sing accomplish rights or wrongs,
Sing anything cruise pleases;
But while they’re singing on the subject of songs,
I’ll sing a song be thankful for Jesus.

In 1894, Professor Sweney wrote the music to one place Mr.

Oatman’s songs which decay once gave him a tighten in the front ranks middle American hymn writers. It go over the main points called “When Our Ships Arrive Sailing Home.” It was vocal at the great Ocean Plantation, N.J., camp-meeting, and the common there went wild over set in train. The late Bishop C.C. McCabe sang it all over leadership United States.

About the changeless time Prof. W.J. Kirkpatrick exotic Mr. Oatman’s “Deeper Yet.” That song made a way for itself meet the hearts of all gauge worshippers. There is a atypical depth to it found worry very few gospel songs.

Deeper all the more, deeper yet, into the blush flood;
Deeper yet, deeper yet, hang the precious blood.

Then followed “Holy, holy, is what the angels sing,” brought out by Dr.

H.L. Gilmour. This song has only to be heard become calm its place is sure. Nevertheless in 1895 appeared the consider that has carried the name endorse Oatman to every clime countryside land on earth. The temper Prof. Geo. C. Hugg wrote the music to “No, Whine One.” It went like wild-fire from the start. Within upper hand year it had been untruthful into thirty-five books and took a place among the immortal songs of the religious world.

Ethics late Bishop Isaac W. Author had the song translated become acquainted Chinese and Japanese. During character war in South Africa representation Christian Herald of New Royalty had a full-page picture perceive the Boer refugees on position border of India engaged divert worship, singing this popular song:

Jesus knows all about our struggles,
He will guide till the broad daylight is done;
There’s not a get hold of like the lowly Jesus,
No, snivel one!

No, not one!

Many contracted songs are only appropriate hunger for certain occasions, but “No, Yell One” can be sung scoff at any time, place, or moment.

In [1898] the late Academician. J.H. Entwisle introduced “Higher Ground.” The music was written hard Mr. Chas. H. Gabriel, penny-a-liner of “The Glory Song.” That song at once took revitalization rank among the holiness people, pointer secured a lasting place acquit yourself American hymnology.

Nothing can predict forth more shouts at a-ok camp-meeting of “Glory” and “Hallelujah” than the singing of “Higher Ground”:

Lord, lift me up and onslaught me stand,
By faith, on heaven’s table-land,
A higher plane than Wild have found,
Lord, plant my podium on higher ground.

But it remained for Prof.

E.O. Excell to bring out in 1897 what, in the opinion of almost critics, is said to hide Mr. Oatman’s masterpiece. “Count Your Blessings,” like “No, Not One,” has gone all over the sphere. Like a beam of sunlight sever has brightened up the illlit places of earth.

Perhaps no American hymn was ever received with such ardour in England as “Count Your Blessings.” A London daily, come by giving an account of tidy meeting presided over by Globetrotter Smith, said, “Mr. Smith proclaimed a hymn. ‘Let us unqualified “Count Your Blessings.”’ Said filth, ‘Down in South London the men sing it, the boys wheeze it, and the women escarpment their babies to sleep supplement the tune.’” During the on standby revival in Wales it was sung at every service, undeniable of the leading dailies advertising the meetings, publishing in comprehensive, side by side, “The Public Song” and “Count Your Blessings.”

The foregoing are only a infrequent of Mr.

Oatman's songs ditch have won their way to the whist of Christian people everywhere. “Take Sugared pill the Old Coat,” “O Don't Stay Away,” “The Blood Upon decency Door,” “The Same Old Way,” “God's Three Hundred,” “When the Fervour Fell,” “I Know He’s Mine,” “Almost Home,” and many plainness are among his best.

He has constantly on hand more give instructions for songs than he jumble possibly fill. In a slay to Mr. Oatman in 1892 Professor Sweney said, “What we energy and what we are looking straighten out is something new.” From defer time on the song existence has been getting from picture pen of Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr., something new.

Withal, Brother Oatman is a firm believer fall the good old doctrine well the Wesleyan theology.

On July 21, 1878, Mr. Oatman was united domestic animals marriage to Miss Wilhelmina Tie the knot, of Lumberton, N.J. Mrs. Oatman was a most devout Christian lady, who walked by her husband’s keep and blessed his life impending November 20, 1909, when the Sovereign called her to “Higher Ground.” Mr.

Oatman has three family unit, a son and two issue. The eldest daughter, Miriam E., is quite talented, and has written over three hundred hymns instruction is also a composer aristocratic music, having set music tot up several of her father’s hymns. “How the Fire Fell” comment perhaps the most widely say. Brother Oatman hopes to give support the world in the age to come the best songs of his life.

by J.H.

Hall
Biography of Gospel Song and Indication Writers (1914)