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The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here Refrain First Line: Oh, the skies are always bright up there Lyrics: 1 Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here,
Though the day may not be bright and fair,
Yet the thought of Heaven brings us hope and cheer,
For the skies are always bright up there.
Refrain:
Oh, the skies are always bright up there,
Yes, the skies are always bright up there;
No storm clouds hover o’er the city of our God,
For the skies are always bright up there.
2 Night ne’er draws her curtains o’er that peaceful shore,
There ’tis light forever, everywhere;
There the gloom of midnight we shall know no more,
For the skies are always bright up there. [Refrain]
3 So through clouds and shadows we will wend our way,
Till we reach that city bright and fair;
Then we’ll rest forever in those realms of day,
For the skies are always bright up there. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here] Text Sources: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composer (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)
The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
[Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frank B. Smith Hymnal Title: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Incipit: 12333 65312 32344 Used With Text: The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
[Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here]
O the skies are always bright
Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: Songs of Triumph #d217 (1905) Hymnal Title: Songs of Triumph First Line: Though the shadows gather o'er
O the skies are always bright
The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #124 (1904) Hymnal Title: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers First Line: Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here Refrain First Line: Oh, the skies are always bright up there Tune Title: [Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here]
The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12500 Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here Refrain First Line: Oh, the skies are always bright up there Lyrics: 1 Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here,
Though the day may not be bright and fair,
Yet the thought of Heaven brings us hope and cheer,
For the skies are always bright up there.
Refrain:
Oh, the skies are always bright up there,
Yes, the skies are always bright up there;
No storm clouds hover o’er the city of our God,
For the skies are always bright up there.
2 Night ne’er draws her curtains o’er that peaceful shore,
There ’tis light forever, everywhere;
There the gloom of midnight we shall know no more,
For the skies are always bright up there. [Refrain]
3 So through clouds and shadows we will wend our way,
Till we reach that city bright and fair;
Then we’ll rest forever in those realms of day,
For the skies are always bright up there. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here]
The Skies Are Always Bright Up There
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal Title: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Author of "The Skies Are Always Bright Up There" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers 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.
Frank B. Smith
Hymnal Title: The Best Gospel Songs and their composers Composer of "[Though the shadows gather o’er our pathway here]" in The Best Gospel Songs and their composers
Frank B. Smith
