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| Short Name: | Orien Johnson |
| Full Name: | Johnson, Orien |
| Birth Year: | 1913 |
| Death Year: | 2011 |
Died: January 9, 2011, possibly in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Johnson studied and taught music at Wheaton College, Illinois, where future evangelist Billy Graham was one of his students. He is said to have written that Graham "was a poor trumpet player, but I understood he had other talents." In 1935, Orien and his wife Lillian moved to Seattle, Washington, where he became music director at Ballard High School. He also headed the Ballard Young Life Club until moving to Colorado Springs around 1947. There, he led the Cañon City Young Life Club, directed the choir at the Colorado Springs First Presbyterian Church, and was director of Public Relations for the Young Life organization.
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Texts by Orien Johnson (12) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across the gateway of my heart | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Hey, now, everybody sing | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 2 |
| I saw a man hanging on a tree | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| I'm beginning to find a new meaning to life | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| In God's green pastures feeding, by His cool waters lie | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 7 |
| Junto aguas tranquilas me apacienta Jesús | Orien Johnson (Author) | Spanish | 1 |
| Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, say so | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Life anew, Life anew | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Por las aguas tan frescas | Orien Johnson (Author) | Spanish | 1 |
| There are angels hovering—'round me | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| There's a word of exultation | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
| What do you see when you walk in the morning? | Orien Johnson (Author) | English | 1 |
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