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In Wonderful Worlds Unknown

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Away, far away past the shadows of night Refrain First Line: Wonderful worlds unknown Used With Tune: [Away, far away past the shadows of night]

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[Away, far away past the shadows of night]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Howard E. Smith Incipit: 53213 15611 12333 Used With Text: In Wonderful Worlds Unknown

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In Wonderful Worlds Unknown

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: Bright Beautiful Bells #29 (1900) First Line: Away, far away past the shadows of night Refrain First Line: Wonderful worlds unknown Languages: English Tune Title: [Away, far away past the shadows of night]
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In Wonderful Worlds Unknown

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: Praise Divine #73 (1917) First Line: Away, far away past the shadows of night Refrain First Line: Wonderful worlds unknown Languages: English Tune Title: [Away, far away past the shadows of night]

In wonderful worlds unknown

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: Joyful Lays, No.2 #d12 (1905) First Line: Away, far away past the shadows of night Refrain First Line: Wonderful worlds unknown Languages: English

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Author of "In Wonderful Worlds Unknown" in Bright Beautiful Bells 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

Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Composer of "[Away, far away past the shadows of night]" in Bright Beautiful Bells
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