The Good Can Never Die

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Though friends may gather round thee, their last respects to pay

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune: [Though friends may gather round thee, their last respects to pay]
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Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr.

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… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Though friends may gather round thee, their last respects to pay
Title:	The Good Can Never Die
Author:	Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Farewell, farewell, dear brother, until we grasp thy hand
Notes:	To the memory of Prof. Jno. R. Sweney. Written from fragments of thought thrown out at his funeral, on April, 13th, 1899, by Ira D. Sankey, John Wanamaker, Dr. P. H. Mowry, Dr. Weston, Rev. E. A. Ballard, and others.