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Across the Blue
Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Beyond the stars our loved ones wait
Across the Blue
Across the Blue
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Light in the Valley #192 (1898) First Line: Beyond the stars our loved ones wait Refrain First Line: Across the blue, across the blue Lyrics: 1 Beyond the stars our loved ones wait,
And watch for us beside the gate;
They wait for me, they watch for you,
In that fair land across the blue.
Chorus:
Across the blue, across the blue,
From Pisgah's height behold the view;
Friends wait for me and watch for you,
In sinless land, across the blue.
2 We long to join our loved ones there,
And with them breathe on heaven's air
The song that is forever new,
In glory land, across the blue. [Chorus]
3 When we shall reach the streets of gold,
We will our Saviour's face behold;
We'll kiss the hand that led us thro'
To mansions fair across the blue. [Chorus]
4 Then let us work and do our best,
Soon God will take us home to rest;
For if he finds us tried and true,
We'll live with him across the blue. [Chorus]
5 Till then my soul be still and wait,
Soon thou wilt pass the pearly gate;
Then what a meeting will ensue
With those we love across the blue. [Chorus] Topics: Revival Languages: English Tune Title: [Beyond the stars our loved ones wait]
Across the Blue
Across the Blue
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #13 (1904) First Line: Beyond the stars our loved ones wait Refrain First Line: Across the blue, across the blue Tune Title: [Beyond the stars our loved ones wait]
Across the Blue
Across the Blue
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Praise and Rejoicing #62 (1904) First Line: Beyond the stars our loved ones wait Languages: English Tune Title: [Beyond the stars our loved ones wait]
Across the Blue
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "Across the Blue" 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
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
George C. Hugg
1848 - 1907 Person Name: Geo. C. Hugg Composer of "[Beyond the stars our loved ones wait]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers 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
George C. Hugg
