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[O Pilgrim bound for the heav’nly land]

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Incipit: 53343 23312 12521 Used With Text: Never Lose Sight of Jesus

Never Lose Sight of Jesus

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: O Pilgrim bound for the heav’nly land Used With Tune: [O Pilgrim bound for the heav’nly land]

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Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Songs of Salvation and Service. Revised #289 (1920) First Line: O Pilgrim bound for the heavenly land Tune Title: [O Pilgrim bound for the heavenly land]

Never Lose Sight of Jesus

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 #319 (1913) First Line: O Pilgrim bound for the heavenly land Languages: English Tune Title: [O Pilgrim bound for the heavenly land]

Never Lose Sight of Jesus

Author: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs #201 (1927) First Line: O Pilgrim bound for the heav'enly land Tune Title: [O Pilgrim bound for the heav'enly land]

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.

1856 - 1922 Person Name: Rev. J. Oatman, Jr. Author of "Never Lose Sight of Jesus" in The New Praiseworthy 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

E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Oh Pilgrim bound for the heav'nly land] " in The New Praiseworthy 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