1 I am not worthy of the love
That God bestows on me,
And yet he sends me from above
Salvation full and free;
Although I wandered far before
He washed away my sin,
Yet, when I knock at heaven’s door,
I know he’ll let me in.
2 I wasted many precious years
Before I sought the Lord,
But when I turned with pray’rs and tears,
I was by grace restored.
Soon as I gave my wand’rings o’er
I felt new life within,
Now when I knock at heaven’s door,
I know he’ll let me in.
3 Drawn by his love, saved by his grace,
Sometime like him I’ll be,
When I shall see my Savior’s face
Through all eternity.
Up Calv’ry’s hill my sins he bore,
He died my soul to win,
So win I knock at heaven’s door,
I know he’ll let me in.
Source: Songs for Work and Worship #79
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 >
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files