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[Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Howard Entwisle Incipit: 54355 65123 32355 Used With Text: Songs About Jesus

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Refrain First Line: Yes, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Used With Tune: [Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus]

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Songs About Jesus

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: The Bow of Promise #73 (1898) First Line: Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Refrain First Line: Yes, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus]

Songs About Jesus

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #147 (1898) First Line: Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Refrain First Line: Yes, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Author of "Songs About Jesus" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 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

J. Howard Entwisle

1865 - 1901 Composer of "[Oh, the best songs of all are the songs about Jesus]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 J Howard Entwisle USA 1865-1901. Born in PA, he became a musician and songbook editor-compiler in Philadelphia, PA, in the 1890s. He collaberated with William J Kirkpatrick, also of Philadelphia, promoting gospel songs. He helped compile “Songs of love and praise #4”, then later “Songs of love and praise #5”. Other published works were: “Bright melodies” (1899), “Heavenly sunlight” (1900), “Exalted praise” (1901). He died in Philadelphia. John Perry