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The Same Old Story

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more Refrain First Line: So we’ll sing the same old story every day Lyrics: 1 Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more, So we cannot tell a story that has not been told before; But the story we are singing though so old is ever new, For it satisfies us fully, as naught else can do. Refrain: So we’ll sing the same old story ev’ry day, We’ll sing the same old story all the way; We’ll sing the same old story, till we get home to glory, Then we’ll sing it in that land of fadeless day. 2 Oh, it tells us God so loved us that He gave His Son to die, And that whosoever trusteth in His name shall never die; But may live with Him in heaven after time on earth is o’er, And we’ll sing the same old story on the golden shore. [Refrain] 3 Oh, this is the sweetest story that the world has ever heard, For it gives us blessed comfort when we take Him at His word; As we read about the mansions that our Saviour will prepare, We can feel our souls uplifted, longing to be there. [Refrain] Topics: Gospel Message Used With Tune: [Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more]

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[Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley D. Ackley Used With Text: The Same Old Story

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The Same Old Story

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #152 (1921) First Line: Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more Refrain First Line: So we’ll sing the same old story every day Lyrics: 1 Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more, So we cannot tell a story that has not been told before; But the story we are singing though so old is ever new, For it satisfies us fully, as naught else can do. Refrain: So we’ll sing the same old story ev’ry day, We’ll sing the same old story all the way; We’ll sing the same old story, till we get home to glory, Then we’ll sing it in that land of fadeless day. 2 Oh, it tells us God so loved us that He gave His Son to die, And that whosoever trusteth in His name shall never die; But may live with Him in heaven after time on earth is o’er, And we’ll sing the same old story on the golden shore. [Refrain] 3 Oh, this is the sweetest story that the world has ever heard, For it gives us blessed comfort when we take Him at His word; As we read about the mansions that our Saviour will prepare, We can feel our souls uplifted, longing to be there. [Refrain] Topics: Gospel Message Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more]

The same old story

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos #d74 (1917) First Line: O the world has sung of Jesus Refrain First Line: So we'll sing the same old story every day Languages: English

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman Author of "So we'll sing the same old story every day" 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

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Bentley D. Ackley Composer of "[Oh, the world has sung of Jesus nineteen hundred years and more]" in Alexander's Hymns No. 4 Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)