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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "Come to me" in Christian Hymns No. 1 Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church. Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher. For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton, N. J., under the firm name of Johnson Oatman & Son. Since the death of his father, he has for the past fifteen years been in the life insurance business, having charge of the business of one of the great companies in Mt. Holly, N. J., where he resides. He has written over three thousand hymns, and no gospel song book is considered as being complete unless it contains some of his hymns. In 1878 he married Wilhelmina Reid, of Lumberton, N.J. and had three children, Rachel, Miriam, and Percy. Excerpted from Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers by Jacob Henry Hall; Fleming H. Revell, Co. 1914
Johnson Oatman, Jr.

Geo. F. Rosche

1855 - 1935 Composer of "[Weary soul, why art thou so distressed?]" in Christian Hymns No. 1 George F. Rosche In the late 19th and early 20th Cen­tu­ries, Rosche was pub­lish­ing Gos­pel songs books, in Ger­man and Eng­lish, in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. His works in­clude: Perlen und Blüt­hen, with C. A. Weiss (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, 1890) Songs of Praise and Wor­ship, (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, 1913) Music-- Children’s Praise Crown Him Have Faith in God He Keep­eth Me, Ev­er Homeland, The Home­land of Jesus I’m Near­er My Home Lord, My Heart Is Rested Mercy at the Cross Resting in the Arms of Je­sus Some Day, Some­where There Ne­ver Was a Friend Like Je­sus --hymntime.com/tch
Geo. F. Rosche

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