1855–1944

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 12, 1855, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio.

Died: January 13, 1944, Los An­ge­les Coun­ty, Ca­li­for­nia.

Buried: San Ga­bri­el Ce­me­te­ry, San Ga­bri­el, Ca­li­for­nia.

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Biography

Joseph was the son of Lou­is We­ber and Eli­za­beth Ort­man.

He was edu­cat­ed at Ohio Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty, De­la­ware, Ohio.

He was li­censed to preach in March 1879 by the quar­ter­ly con­fer­ence of St. Paul’s Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, De­la­ware, Ohio.

He had an ex­ten­sive ca­reer as an ev­an­gel­ist, and con­duct­ed a num­ber of re­vi­val meet­ings in the Am­eri­can Mid­west.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Are You Walk­ing in the Light of the Sav­ior?
  2. At the Cross of Christ I’ll Kneel and Pray
  3. Blessed Sun­shine of the Lord
  4. Can a Boy For­get His Mo­ther?
  5. Christ Is Crowd­ed Out
  6. Every Day Let Me Live Like the Sav­ior
  7. Have You a Praise for Je­sus?
  8. Have You Re­ceived Since Ye Have Be­lieved?
  9. I Am Lean­ing on the Arm of the Sav­ior
  10. I Am Trust­ing in the Prom­is­es
  11. I Came to Je­sus as I Was
  12. I Sought for This Blest Cleans­ing
  13. I Want to Be Like the Sav­ior
  14. I Will Tell of the Sav­ior of Men
  15. I’m Kneel­ing at the Mer­cy Seat
  16. I’m Re­joic­ing, I’m Hap­py
  17. In the Bu­sy Marts, in the Crowd­ed Street
  18. Is There a Sin­ner Wait­ing?
  19. I’ve a Mo­ther in Hea­ven
  20. I’ve Found a Glad Ho­san­na
  21. Jesus Died on Cal­va­ry
  22. Jesus Is Pass­ing
  23. Lead Me, Sav­ior, in the Way
  24. Master Calls To­day, The
  25. My Stay on Earth Will Soon Be O’er
  26. Our Friends Have Passed to the Oth­er Side
  27. Power in the Blood
  28. Praise Ye the Lord
  29. Savior Shed His Crim­son Blood, The
  30. Some Day in That Bright Home Above
  31. Sometime, That Young Man Said to Me
  32. Spirit Is Call­ing and Jesus Is Wait­ing, The
  33. We Are Jun­ior Reap­ers
  34. When I Was Young, in Ten­der Years
  35. When Temp­ta­tion Comes up­on You
  36. Will You Ex­change Eter­nal Life?
  37. Will You Go with Me to the High­lands?

Music

  1. My Mo­ther Is Pray­ing for Me