Born: Cir­ca 1878, Il­li­nois.

A Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter and evan­gel­ist, Ol­iv­er was liv­ing in Kan­sas Ci­ty, Mis­sou­ri, as of 1908. By 1920, he was in Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia. His works in­clude:

• The Gospel Pilot Hymnal, with Dan­i­el Town­er (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: 1899)
• Oliver’s Songs of De­liv­er­ance (Kan­sas Ci­ty, Mis­so­uri: French E. Ol­iv­er, 1908)
• Famous Ne­gro Ser­mons (Hol­ly­wood, Cal­i­for­nia: The Ol­iv­er Press, 1928)

Lyrics

1. Get Right with God
2. I Might Have Known It Was Je­sus
3. Jesus Hold Me Fast
4. My Pilot Is Je­sus
5. No Sorrow Yon­der
6. O Watch­man!
7. Pray Through
8. What If?

Music

1. Let Some­thing Good Be Said
2. Two Babes