With Mine Eye

On my way to yonder city, as I travel toward the sky

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [On my way to yonder city]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Johnson Oatman

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… Go to person page >

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First Line: On my way to yonder city, as I travel toward the sky
Title: With Mine Eye
Author: Johnson Oatman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: With mine eye, with mine eye
Publication Date: 1922
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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Carols of Love #d81

Marching to Zion #164

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