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I'm going home, how sweet the thought

Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 3 hymnals

[I'm going home, how sweet the tho't]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: John O. Beall Incipit: 51231 72117 12354 Used With Text: I'm Going Home

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I'm going home, how sweet the thought

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: Lasting Songs #d62 (1910) Languages: English

I'm going home, I'm going home

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: A Messenger for Jesus #d130 (1913) First Line: I'm going home, how sweet the thought Languages: English

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The New Revival Glory #136 (1912) First Line: I'm going home, how sweet the tho't Refrain First Line: I'm going home, I'm going home Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm going home, how sweet the tho't]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman Author of "I'm Going Home" 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

John O. Beall

1883 - 1961 Composer of "[I'm going home, how sweet the tho't]" in The New Revival Glory John Otho Beall, brother of B.B. Beall and J. Guy Beall, was born on November 26, 1883. He made his living as an evangelistic singer. He had polio in his youth but shared his beautiful baritone voice as a singer. He and his seven brothers taught singing schools in many churches. He died on October 9, 1961. NN, Hymnary editor. Sources: His obituary on www.findagrave.com/