Living On the Glory Side

Since I gave my heart to Jesus, He has kept me every day

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune: [Since I gave my heart to Jesus] (Sewell)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.

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: Since I gave my heart to Jesus, He has kept me every day
Title: Living On the Glory Side
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Living on the Glory side
Publication Date: 1909
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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Songs of Perfect Love #148

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