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Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin Refrain First Line: Yes, Oh, yes, there's work that ought to be done Lyrics: 1 Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin, There is work for all who will but enter in; There’s a place for you:—lift your eyes and see, And I know that there is a place for me! Refrain: Yes, Oh, yes, there’s work that ought to be done; Harvest days are swiftly passing, there’s no time for delay; Who’ll go forth with joy to gather the grain, Who will bear the precious sheaves away 2 In the church of God there is work for all, There are dying souls to rescue—hear the call! Tho’ I may not preach, nor a great light be, Yet I know that there is a work for me. [Refrain] 3 To the home of God far beyond the sky He will call the faithful servants by and by; Where the palm trees wave by the crystal sea, I am sure that there is a place for me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin]

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[Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 34555 12332 15566 Used With Text: A Place and Work for Me

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Work that ought to be done

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #182 (1911) First Line: Where the harvest waves in the ripened field Refrain First Line: Yes, O yes there's work that ought to be done Topics: Harvest; Rally Day; Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Where the harvest waves in the ripened field]

A Place and Work for Me

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: Sunshine #7 (1895) First Line: Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin Refrain First Line: Yes, Oh, yes, there's work that ought to be done Lyrics: 1 Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin, There is work for all who will but enter in; There’s a place for you:—lift your eyes and see, And I know that there is a place for me! Refrain: Yes, Oh, yes, there’s work that ought to be done; Harvest days are swiftly passing, there’s no time for delay; Who’ll go forth with joy to gather the grain, Who will bear the precious sheaves away 2 In the church of God there is work for all, There are dying souls to rescue—hear the call! Tho’ I may not preach, nor a great light be, Yet I know that there is a work for me. [Refrain] 3 To the home of God far beyond the sky He will call the faithful servants by and by; Where the palm trees wave by the crystal sea, I am sure that there is a place for me. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin]

A Place and Work for Me

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman Jr. Hymnal: Sifted Wheat #40 (1898) First Line: Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin Refrain First Line: Yes, oh, yes there's work that ought to be done Languages: English Tune Title: [Where the harvest waves in the fields of sin]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Author of "Work that ought to be done" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined 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

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Where the harvest waves in the ripened field]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= 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