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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Weary and laden with sin Lyrics: 1 Weary and laden with sin, Striving thy sins to give o'er. Soul if thou would'st enter in, Jesus has opened the door. Chorus: Jesus has opened the door, the door; Jesus has opened the door, Free from all sin, enter thou in, Jesus has opened the door. 2 Praying for grace day by day, Loving Him still more and more; Rest in His courts on the way, Jesus has opened the door. [Chorus] 3 After life's struggles are past, Waits there a beautiful shore; If thou wilt live there at last, Jesus has opened the door. [Chorus] Topics: Praise Used With Tune: [Weary and laden with sin]

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[Weary and laden with sin]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33332 12444 43215 Used With Text: Jesus has Opened the Door

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Jesus has Opened the Door

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Light in the Valley #130 (1898) First Line: Weary and laden with sin Lyrics: 1 Weary and laden with sin, Striving thy sins to give o'er. Soul if thou would'st enter in, Jesus has opened the door. Chorus: Jesus has opened the door, the door; Jesus has opened the door, Free from all sin, enter thou in, Jesus has opened the door. 2 Praying for grace day by day, Loving Him still more and more; Rest in His courts on the way, Jesus has opened the door. [Chorus] 3 After life's struggles are past, Waits there a beautiful shore; If thou wilt live there at last, Jesus has opened the door. [Chorus] Topics: Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [Weary and laden with sin]

Jesus Has Opened the Door

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: On Wings of Song #102 (1896) First Line: Weary and laden with sin Languages: English Tune Title: [Weary and laden with sin]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "Jesus has Opened the Door" in Light in the Valley 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

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Weary and laden with sin]" in Light in the Valley Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/