Son of Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter Hen­ry Oak­ley, Eb­e­ne­zer stu­died arts at Glas­gow Un­i­ver­si­ty, the­ol­o­gy at Aire­dale Coll­ege, Brad­ford, and took his MA at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of All­a­ha­bad, In­dia. As of 1906, he was was serv­ing the Lon­don Miss­ion­a­ry So­ci­e­ty at Al­mo­ra, in north­ern In­dia, and was Prin­ci­pal of the Ram­say Coll­ege there. His son Aus­tin became an arch­dea­con with the Church of Eng­land in Cos­ta Ri­ca.

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1. Enduring Soul of All Our Life
2. In Life’s Earnest Morn­ing
3. Loving Jesus Who Didst Welcome
4. O Ho­ly Child of Bethlehem