1887–1962

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 2, 1887, Lum­ber­ton, New Jer­sey.

Died: No­vem­ber 13, 1962, Ta­ko­ma Park, Ma­ry­land.

Biography

Miriam was the daugh­ter of John­son Oat­man, and wife of Fred­er­ick F. Blach­ly (pro­fess­or of gov­ern­ment at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ok­la­ho­ma).

She served at the Brook­ings Ins­ti­tu­tion (1925–33), and taught po­li­ti­cal sci­ence and eco­no­mics at the Am­eri­can Uni­ver­si­ty Gra­du­ate School in the 1930’s & 1940’s.

She was a mem­ber of Na­tion­al Wo­man’s Par­ty, League for In­de­pen­dent Po­li­ti­cal Act­ion; and co-di­rect­or of New Mex­ico’s Lit­tle Hoo­ver Com­mis­sion (1951–52).

Miriam wrote over 300 hymns.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All My Sins Are Washed Away
  2. Christ Is My All in All
  3. Christian Sol­diers for the Con­flict
  4. Come, O My Sav­ior, Break the Pow­er
  5. God Is Love, O Speed the Tid­ings
  6. Hark, O Sin­ner, Je­sus Calls Thee
  7. Hear the Glad Mes­sage That Rings
  8. I Had Wan­dered Afar from the Truth and the Right
  9. I Sing a Song of New De­light
  10. I’ll Trust in My Sav­ior For­ev­er
  11. In the Joy of the Lord Is My Strength
  12. Jesus Died for Me
  13. Jesus Has Sav­ed Me
  14. Let Us Scat­ter Deeds of Kind­ness
  15. Long I’ve Walked with Je­sus
  16. Now at the Door the Sav­ior Stands
  17. O Fa­ther, God in Whom We Trust
  18. O Praise the Lord, I’m Saved
  19. O Turn, All Ye Peo­ple
  20. Onward, On­ward Haste, Ye Chris­tian Sol­diers
  21. Son Hath Made Me Free, The
  22. Storm May Rage on the Mount­ains, The
  23. There’s a Light That Shin­eth
  24. Though All My Soul Was Stained
  25. We’re March­ing On­ward to Our Home on High
  26. When Christ, Our Sav­ior, Was Here on Earth
  27. When Migh­ty Kings Have Gone to Clay

Music

  1. How the Fire Fell

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