When His Body Was Broken for Me

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Looking back through the years I can see my dear Lord

Author: Johnson Oatman
Tune: [Looking back through the years I can see]
Published in 7 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 >

Text Information

First Line: Looking back through the years I can see my dear Lord
Title: When His Body Was Broken for Me
Author: Johnson Oatman
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O love beyond human expression
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Looking back through the years I can see]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[Looking back through the years I can see]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1930193519401945195019551960196519701975198019851990050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

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Sacred Selections for the Church #314

Include 6 pre-1979 instances
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