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_ FQXROM one of the Oatman family some- thing about the Oatman massacre— - the Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr., author of many well known hymns: : Lumberton, New Jersey. The article in your magazine for Nov. 20, 1921, in reference to the Oatman Massacre was of very great interest to me. I belong toa branch of that family and the names of the girls are Oatman names. My father’s youngest sister was named Mary Ann Oat- _ man and she was a young woman at the time of the massacre. I also have a niece who is now Mrs. Olive Oatman Bishop, of Riverside, N. J. member when a small boy I once saw a book called “The Captivity of the Odtman Girls.” “Since than - [have searched far and wide for a copy of that book.. Can you or any of your readers obtain the book for me? I will gladly send check for the price. It may be of interest to your readers to know that the ‘greatest boom town of the West is the town or city of Oatman, built at what has been called ever since _.____ the massacre, “Oatman Springs.” No other town” in the*West has grown so rapidly during the past _—ss five years and because of this the Oatman Massacre 23 will never be forgotten.—Rev. JOHNSON OATMAN, JR. A 4 + -_ tA rs mem wes" 3) . A' The Singers and Their Songs ae, "Se SKETCHES OF LIVING GOSPEL HYMN WRITERS “Se by Charles H. Gabriel > HE REV. JOHNSON OATMAN, JR., was born oe in 1856, and is an ordained local preacher in the -* Methodist Epi pal Church. Although just reach- Fee ing the zenith of his years, he is the author of nearly ie — aera hymns. All who have ever sung or rd: bs * : Jesus knows all about our struggles, « He will guide till the day is done; : There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus— N o, not one! No, not one! - “will be interested in reading about the man who gave these splendid lines to the world. f&He wrote his first song, “I Am Walking with My - Saviour,” in 1892; it was set to music by the late _ John R. Sweeney in 1893, since which time he has written an average of two hundred hymns per year. His first real success was, ‘‘When Our Ships Come Sailing Home,” sung at Ocean Grove in 1894 with tremendous power. The late Bishop McCabe sang it all over the United States: — O, what singing, O, what shouting, When our ships come sailing home; ~~ _. They have stood the mighty tempest, .. . They have crossed the ocean’s foam, They have passed o’er stormy billows, But they now have gained the shore; The anchor’s cast, they’re home at last— The voyage is safely o’er! The next to become popular was “Deeper Yet,” _ which made its way into the hearts of all true “2388 worshipers. There is a peculiar depth to it, found ; in very few songs. and In 1895 appeared the song that has carried his ~ I re- — Adventure : x name to many lands of the earth, ‘“No, Not One!” Within one year it was reprinted in, thirty-five dif- ferent song books, and has been translated into many languages and dialects. ; In 1898 came his ‘‘Higher Ground,” which at once took high rank among holiness people. can bring forth more shouts at a camp meeting than— Lord, lift me up and let me stand, By faith, on heaven’s table land; A higher plane than I have found, - | Lord, plant my feet on higher ground. — “Count Your Blessings” was written in 1897, and, like a beam of sunlight, it has brightened up the dark places of earth. Many others might be mentioned, for it has been said that “he has more hymns in the various gospel song books than any song writer, living or dead.” There is a newness of thought, a freshness of contemplation and an originality to his verses which is seldom found. Mr: Oatman is a firm believer in the old doctr of the Wesleyan theology, conscientious and _ secrated to the Lord, whose work he is doing so w- He believes that his best songs are yet to be writtc and it is his daily prayer that he may be spared a f« years in which to write the praises of his Maste after retiring from active service, and that whe. his sun sets he may be swept home to glory on @ flood tide of song. No song _ OMETHING from F. R. Béchdolt con- ° cerning a letter he sends to us that adds to the data on the Skeléton Cafion fight. Mr. Bechdolt states very mildly the approval of his articles from our readers: Carmel, California. I am positive Hicks is correct in his data as to the Skeleton Cafion fight. I had bad luck getting that data—could not find John Slaughter who had the facts, as he was sick. And other accounts did not sound just right to me. Mr, Hicks’ account does. Furthermore, [ am pretty sure from the tenor of his letter and from one or two allusions he makes, that he knows the Old West and is giving straight stuff. So I thought you might like to publish it—anyhow the facts in it—in “‘Camip-Fire.” ait One of the pleasures of this series is coming in - contact with an occasional old-timer who likes the stufi.—BrcHDOLT. | is Bees is the letter: : Los Angeles, California. I note your article “Boot Hill.” Have read same with much interest, especially that part telling of fight at Double Dobe between Mexicans and Rustlers. Also the killing of old man Clanton and robbing of Mesfcan ack train. I suppose you gathered your information from non-combatants or talk with oldest inhabitants. if WAS a resident of the Pinery Cajon, Chiricahua Mts., and also had a place in Galeyville before ’ there was a Galeyville, as my father and brother and myself were in the mining game and owned some — 900k m Cc (ele) CS ”~ co