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How the Fire Fell

Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 19 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: O I love to tell the blessed story Refrain First Line: O I never can forget

[O I love to tell the blessèd story]

Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Miriam Eulalie Oatman Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 12332 16531 23333 Used With Text: How the Fire Fell

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How the fire fell

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: A Messenger for Jesus #d216 (1913) Hymnal Title: A Messenger for Jesus First Line: O I love to tell the blessed story Refrain First Line: O I never can forget Languages: English

How the Fire Fell

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Glorious Freedom #27 (1951) Hymnal Title: Glorious Freedom First Line: O I love to tell the blessed story Refrain First Line: O I never can forget how the fire fell Languages: English Tune Title: [O I love to tell the blessed story]

How the Fire Fell

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Glorious Hymns #39 (1908) Hymnal Title: Glorious Hymns First Line: O I love to tell the blessed story Refrain First Line: O I never shall forget how the fire fell Languages: English Tune Title: [O I love to tell the blessed story]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal Title: Glorious Freedom Author of "How the Fire Fell" in Glorious Freedom 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

Miriam E. Oatman

1887 - 1987 Hymnal Title: Glorious Freedom Composer of "[O I love to tell the blessed story]" in Glorious Freedom Miriam Oatman was the daughter of Joseph Oatman, Jr. and married Frederick F. Blachly. She was a political scientist and served on the Brookings Institution from 1925 to 1933 and taught political science and economics at the American University Graduate School in the 1930’s, and 1940’s. She also wrote over three hundred hymns and composed the music to several of her father's hymns. "How the Fire Fell" is perhaps the most widely known.