Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922), was an ordained pastor as well as a homo of affairs who hadn't constitute his niche inward life.
Then he began writing music lyrics inward his gratis time, as well as his hymns became forthwith popular.
When publishers asked Oatman his price, he surprised them yesteryear refusing to a greater extent than than a dollar per hymn. He wanted to offering his music to the Lord, non for profit.
Before he died, he'd written over 5000 hymns, reaching millions alongside his lyric messages. He really wrote his hymns alongside all his heart, "as working for the Lord, non for human masters" (Colossians 3:23).
One of his close pop hymns may besides hold upward the ane that best reflects his generous, grateful life: "Count Your Blessings" (1897). The message is simple, profound, as well as only equally relevant 100 years later:
♪ ♫ Count your blessings, advert them ane yesteryear one, Count your blessings, come across what God hath done! ♪ ♫
Let's produce it everyday.
To nous to this hymn: Count Your Blessings
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