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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Author of "No, Not One!" in Chalice Hymnal 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

Anonymous

Person Name: Anónimo Vers. esp. of "Como Jesús no hay otra amigo" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Ylvisaker

1937 - 2017 Person Name: John C. Ylvisaker Adapter of "Build Your Faith" in Singing the New Testament

George C. Hugg

1848 - 1907 Composer of "HARPER MEMORIAL" in Chalice Hymnal George Crawford Hugg USA 1848-1907. Born near Haddonfield, NJ, he became choirmaster at the Berlin, NJ, Presbyterian Church at age 12. At age 14 he published his first song, “Walk in the light”, which became very popular. He married Anne E Ketchum, and they had a daughter, Evangeline. He served as choirmaster of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and also the Broad Street and Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Churches there. He was also closely associated with the Harper Memorial Presbyterian Church there. He was a prolific composer with over 2000 works, publishing 18 books of revival and Sunday school music, and 90 songs for special occasions (Christmas, Easter, etc.). He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Grady L. Baker

Person Name: G. L. Baker Arranger of "[There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus]" in Sing Aloud

E. C. Magaret

1845 - 1924 Translator of "Keiner mehr!" in Die Kleine Palme No. 2

Elias Roser

Translator of "Der beste Freund" in Lobe den Herrn!

F. W. Berlemann

Author of "Der treue freund" in Heils-Lieder, eine Sammlung Geistlicher Lieder für Sonntagsschulen, Jugendvereine Rev. F. W. Berlemann was a pastor of the German Reformed Church of St. Lucas in 1899. NN, Hymnary. From the October 15, 1899 issue of The Times from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania