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Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: I ask not for the highest place Refrain First Line: Come joy or pain, come weal or woe Lyrics: 1. I ask not for the highest place, But find a spot more sweet, Where God bestows on me His grace, At my Redeemer’s feet. Refrain Come joy or pain, come weal or woe, In Christ I am complete; My highest place is lying low, At my Redeemer’s feet. 2. Tho’ waves of darkness round me roll, I have a safe retreat; No storm can ever harm a soul, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] 3. He gives me from His loving hand, The finest of the wheat; I live in Heaven’s border land, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] 4. And when I reach the mystic sea, Where earth and Heaven meet, I’ll spend a blest eternity, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] Used With Tune: JACKSONVILLE Text Sources: The Young People's Hymnal (Nashville, Tennessee: Publishing House, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1890).

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[I ask not for the highest place]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 53334 72211 11433 Used With Text: At My Redeemer's Feet

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At My Redeemer's Feet

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #158 First Line: I ask not for the highest place Refrain First Line: Come joy or pain, come weal or woe Lyrics: 1. I ask not for the highest place, But find a spot more sweet, Where God bestows on me His grace, At my Redeemer’s feet. Refrain Come joy or pain, come weal or woe, In Christ I am complete; My highest place is lying low, At my Redeemer’s feet. 2. Tho’ waves of darkness round me roll, I have a safe retreat; No storm can ever harm a soul, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] 3. He gives me from His loving hand, The finest of the wheat; I live in Heaven’s border land, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] 4. And when I reach the mystic sea, Where earth and Heaven meet, I’ll spend a blest eternity, At my Redeemer’s feet. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: JACKSONVILLE

At My Redeemer's Feet

Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: The Message in Song Nos. 1 & 2 #d69 (1914) First Line: I ask not for the highest place, But find a spot more sweet Refrain First Line: Come joy or pain, come weal or woe Languages: English

At My Redeemer's Feet

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Bow of Promise #1 (1898) First Line: I ask not for the highest place Refrain First Line: Come joy or pain, come weal or woe Languages: English Tune Title: [I ask not for the highest place]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Johnson Oatman Author of "At My Redeemer's Feet" in The Cyber Hymnal 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

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: William James Kirkpatrick Composer of "JACKSONVILLE" in The Cyber Hymnal William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman