March 6, 2005

No, Not One!

Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1922

    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. John 15:15.

    Johnson Oatman attended Herbert’s Academy in Vincentown, New Jersey, and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute in Bordentown. He was ordained as a Methodist Episcopal minister, but his pastoral work was confined to local churches, as he worked full time in the retail and insurance industries. He wrote lyrics for 5,000 Gospel songs.
    Some other hymns by Johnson Oatman include:

• Alone with God
• Come, Soul, and Find Thy Rest
• Count Your Blessings
• Deeper Yet
• Every Bridge is Burned Behind Me
• Fire is Burning, The
• Hallelujah Side, The
• He Included Me
• Higher Ground
• Holy, Holy, Is What the Angels sing
• How the Fire Fell
• I Will Trade the Old Cross for a Crown
• Last Mile of the Way, The
• Lift Him Up
• Move Along
• Only Once You Pass This Way
• Send a Wave of Salvation Today
• Sweeter Than All
• When Our Lord Shall Come Again
• Worthy the Lamb

There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,
No, not one! No, not one!
None else could heal all our soul’s diseases,
No, not one! No, not one!

No friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! No, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! No, not one!

There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
No, not one! No, not one!
No night so dark but His love can cheer us,
No, not one! No, not one!

Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
No, not one! No, not one!
Or sinner find that He would not take him?
No, not one! No, not one!

Was ever a gift like the Savior given?
No, not one! No, not one!
Will He refuse us a home in Heaven?
No, not one! No, not one!

Chorus:
Jesus knows all about our struggles,
He will guide till the day is done;
There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,
No, not one! No, not one!