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The Lord Knows Why
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: I may not know the reason why Refrain First Line: O yes, He knows, the Lord know why Used With Tune: [I may not know the reason why]
The Lord Knows Why
[I may not know the reason why]
Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55121 41333 26721 Used With Text: The Lord Knows Why
[I may not know the reason why]
The Lord Knows Why
Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Revival Praises #16 (1907) First Line: I may not know the reason why Refrain First Line: O, yes, He knows, the Lord knows why! Lyrics: 1 I may not know the reason why
Dark clouds so often veil the sky,
But tho' my sea be smooth or rough
The Lord knows why, and that's enough.
Chorus:
Oh, yes, He knows, the Lord knows why!
These things are ordered on high;
And tho' dark clouds may hide the sun,
The Lord knows why--His will be done.
2 I may not know why I am led,
So often in the paths I dread,
But, trusting Him I'll press my way;
The Lord knows why--I will obey. [Chorus]
3 I may not know why death should come
To take the dear ones from my home,
But, tho' mine eyes with tears be dim,
The Lord know why--I'll trust in Him. [Chorus]
4 So, tho' I may not understand
The leadings of my Father's hand,
I know to all He has the key,--
He understands each mystery. [Chorus] Tune Title: [I may not know the reason why]
The Lord Knows Why
The Lord Knows Why
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #81 (1903) First Line: I may not know the reason why Refrain First Line: O yes, He knows, the Lord know why Languages: English Tune Title: [I may not know the reason why]
The Lord Knows Why
The Lord Knows Why
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of the King #14 (1906) First Line: I may not know the reason why Refrain First Line: O yes, He knows, the Lord knows why Languages: English Tune Title: [I may not know the reason why]
The Lord Knows Why
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Author of "The Lord Knows Why" in Revival Praises 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.
Chas. H. Gabriel
1856 - 1932 Composer of "[I may not know the reason why]" in Sacred Praise Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree
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For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades.
Bert Polman
Chas. H. Gabriel
