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The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Appears in 38 hymnals First Line: I am on the Gospel highway Refrain First Line: In the good old-fashioned way Used With Tune: [I am on the Gospel highway]
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
[I am on the Gospel highway]
Appears in 29 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 56112 35556 11251 Used With Text: The Old-Fashioned Way
[I am on the Gospel highway]
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Revival Praises #152 (1907) First Line: I am on the Gospel highway Refrain First Line: In the good old-fashioned way Lyrics: 1 I am on the Gospel highway,
Pressing forward to the goal,
Where for me a rest remaineth
In the homeland of the soul:
Ev'ry hour I'm moving onward,
Not a moment to delay;
I am going home to glory
In the good old-fashioned way.
Chorus:
In the good old-fashioned way,
In the good old-fashioned way,
I am going home to glory
In the good old-fashioned way.
2 From the snares of sinful pleasure,
Here my feet are always free;
Tho' the way may be called narrow,
It is wide enough for me;
It was wide enough for Daniel,
And for David in His day;
I am glad that I can follow
In the good old-fashioned way. [Chorus]
3 Many friends have gone before me,
They have laid their armour down,
With the pilgrims and the martyrs
Have obtained a robe and crown;
On this road they fought their battles,
Shouting vict'ry day by day.
I shall overcome and join them
In the good old-fashioned way. [Chorus]
4 Just a few more steps to follow,
Just a few more days to roam;
But the way grows more delightful
As I'm drawing nearer home;
When the storms of life are over,
And the clouds have rolled away,
I shall find the gates of heaven
In the good old-fashioned way. [Chorus]
Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
Palms of victory I shall wear.
Tune Title: [I am on the Gospel highway]
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10493 First Line: I am on the Gospel highway Refrain First Line: In the good old-fashioned way Lyrics: 1 I am on the Gospel highway,
Pressing forward to the goal,
Where for me a rest remaineth
In the homeland of the soul;
Every hour I’m moving onward,
Not a moment to delay;
I am going home to glory
In the good old-fashioned way.
Refrain:
In the good old-fashioned way,
In the good old-fashioned way,
I am going home to glory
In the good old-fashioned way.
2 From the snares of sinful pleasure,
Here my feet are always free;
Tho’ the way may be called narrow,
It is wide enough for me;
It was wide enough for Daniel,
And for David in his day;
I am glad that I can follow
In the good old-fashioned way. [Refrain]
3 Many friends have gone before me,
They have laid their armor down,
With the pilgrims and the martyrs
Have obtained the robe and crown;
On this road they fought their battles,
Shouting victory day by day;
I shall overcome and join them
In the good old-fashioned way. [Refrain]
4 Just a few more steps to follow,
Just a few more days to roam;
But the way grows more delightful
As I’m drawing nearer home;
When the storms of life are over,
And the clouds have rolled away,
I shall find the gates of Heaven,
In the good old-fashioned way. [Refrain}
Coda:
Then palms of victory,
Crowns of glory,
Palms of victory I shall wear. Languages: English Tune Title: [I am on the Gospel highway]
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #42 (1925) First Line: I am on the Gospel highway Refrain First Line: In the good old-fashioned way Languages: English Tune Title: [I am on the Gospel highway]
The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Author of "The Good Old-Fashioned Way" 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.
E. O. Excell
1851 - 1921 Composer of "[I am on the Gospel highway]" in Great Revival Hymns Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000.
John Perry
E. O. Excell
