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It's Better On the Other Side

Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Though days may be serene and bright Refrain First Line: The other side, how wonderous fair

[Tho' days may be serene and bright]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 53353 32232 11217 Used With Text: It's better on the other side

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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of the Mercy Seat #43 (1899) First Line: Tho' days may be serene and bright Refrain First Line: The other side, how wonderous fair Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' days may be serene and bright]

It's Better On the Other Side

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Corn In Egypt #58 (1900) First Line: Tho' days may be serene and bright Refrain First Line: The other side, how wonderous fair Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' days may be serene and bright]

It's better on the other side

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: On Wings of Song #101 (1896) First Line: Tho' days may be serene and bright Refrain First Line: The other side, how wonderous fair Languages: English Tune Title: [Tho' days may be serene and bright]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Author of "It's better on the other side" in On Wings of Song 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

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Tho' days may be serene and bright]" in On Wings of Song Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/