Introduction

Biography

Yatman joined the New­ark, New Jer­sey, Con­fer­ence of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church in 1883, and was rec­og­nized as a trav­el­ing preach­er.

In Au­gust 1901 he preached what be­came known as the Doll sermon to an au­di­ence of 3,000 in the Young Peo­ple’s Tem­ple in Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey.

He was liv­ing in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1900 and 1920.

Works

• Temple Themes and Sac­red Songs (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1888)
• Ocean Grove Songs, with James N. Fitz­ger­ald & Ta­li Es­en Mor­gan (Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey: Ocean Grove As­so­cia­tion, 1900)