1849-1919

Jan­u­a­ry 21, 1849, Sa­line­ville, Ohio.

March 6, 1919, Pe­or­ia, Il­li­nois.

Pe­or­ia, Il­li­nois.

Johnston lived in Pe­or­ia, Il­li­nois, from age six. Her fa­ther was pas­tor of the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Pe­or­ia, and Jul­ia di­rect­ed the Sun­day school there for over 40 years. She al­so found time to serve as pres­i­dent of the Pres­by­ter­i­an Mis­sion­ary So­ci­e­ty of Pe­or­ia for 20 years, and to write more than 500 hymns. Her works in­clude:

  1. Abide in Me, ’Tis Je­sus’ Voice
  2. Above the Strife and Tu­mult
  3. Afar from Home, Be­set by Fear
  4. All Hail the Com­ing Day of Cor­o­na­tion
  5. All Hail the Glad and Wel­come Day
  6. All Hail, Vic­tor­i­ous Ban­ner of Je­sus Christ
  7. All Shall Know Him
  8. Angel’s Song, The
  9. Are You Fol­low­ing Je­sus?
  10. Are You Lay­ing Up Your Trea­sure?
  11. Are You Loy­al to God and Count­ry?
  12. Are You Will­ing to Trust Him Who Died for You?
  13. Armies of the Liv­ing, The
  14. As I Fare on My Way to My Da­ily Task
  15. As Pant­eth the Hart for the Wa­ter Brooks
  16. As You Tread Life’s Way
  17. Ask, for He That Ask­eth Is Cert­ain
  18. Asked of God, and Lent Un­to
  19. Be Hon­est, Je­sus Watch­es
  20. Be of Good Cheer
  21. Be of Good Cour­age, O Sol­diers
  22. Beckoning Hand of Love I See, The
  23. Before Our Kind and Gen­e­rous Friends
  24. Behold on Yon Cross, up­on Cal­va­ry’s Side
  25. Behold the Fields Are Whit­en­ing
  26. Behold the Lamb of God on Cal­v’ry’s Tree
  27. Believe Him, On­ly Trust Him
  28. Bethlehem’s Beau­ti­ful Star
  29. Beyond Beth­sa­i­da’s Bor­ders
  30. Bless Us, Fa­ther, as We Read
  31. Blessed Are the Poor in Spir­it
  32. Blessed Sav­ior, Help Us Dai­ly
  33. Breathe up­on Us, Bless­ed Spir­it!
  34. Brightest and Best of the Sum­mer
  35. Child of the King, O Call­ing Di­vine, A
  36. Christ Has Con­quered Death For­ev­er
  37. Christ the Sav­ior Blest Re­deem­er
  38. Christmas Day
  39. Come Clos­er, Clos­er
  40. Come, Come To­day, While Je­sus
  41. Come, Fol­low Me, O Sweet Com­mand
  42. Come for the Sav­ior Is Call­ing
  43. Come in­to His Pre­sence with Sing­ing
  44. Come, Let Us Sing to the Sav­ior Above
  45. Come Near to Me, Thy Mas­ter Speaks
  46. Come, O Come with Sing­ing
  47. Come, Put on the Ar­mor of Je­sus
  48. Come, Thou Com­pas­sion­ate Sav­ior
  49. Come to the Sav­ior, the Mo­ments Fly Fast
  50. Come un­to Me, Sa­ith the Cru­ci­fied One
  51. Come, Walk in Wis­dom’s Plea­sant Ways
  52. Come with Re­joic­ing, ’Tis Child­ren’s Day
  53. Coming, Com­ing, Hear Them Com­ing
  54. Coming to You, Ev­er Com­ing
  55. Courage, Sol­diers, Cour­age For­ward
  56. Crown Him the King of Kings
  57. Crowned as King For­ev­er
  58. Dost Thou Bear a Hea­vy Bur­den?
  59. Easter Gifts
  60. Every Lit­tle Step I Take My Sav­ior Knows
  61. Fall in­to Line, at the Cap­tain’s Com­mand
  62. Far o’er the Toss­ing Bill­ows
  63. Fear Not the Path­less Wild­er­ness
  64. For Ma­ny, Ma­ny Bless­ings
  65. Form at the Thres­hold, A
  66. Forward, For­ward on the Heav’n­ly Way
  67. Forward, For­ward One Unit­ed
  68. From Ev­erlast­ing, God’s Love
  69. Fruit of the Spir­it Is Love and Joy, The
  70. Give Thanks in the Night for Thy Sor­row
  71. Glad Christ­mas Greet­ings Joy­ful­ly Sing
  72. Glory and Praise, Do­min­ion and Pow­er
  73. Go Forth at the Call of the Mas­ter
  74. Go Quick­ly, Go Quick­ly, and Bring Them In
  75. God Has a Praise Book
  76. God Is Now Call­ing, Ten­der­ly Call­ing
  77. Grow Like Je­sus, He Is Love
  78. Government Shall Be up­on His Shoul­der, The
  79. Grace Great­er than Our Sin
  80. Guide Me, O Thou Ho­ly Spir­it
  81. Hail Him, the King of Glo­ry
  82. Hail Our Glor­i­ous Lead­er
  83. Hallelujah, the Sav­ior Is Ris­en
  84. Happy Hour Is Over, The
  85. Happy Sab­bath Day, The
  86. Hark! the Good Shep­herd Is Call­ing His Sheep
  87. Hark, the Love­ly Blos­soms
  88. Hark, the Lov­ing Sav­ior’s Voice
  89. Hark, the Sweet Voic­es
  90. Hark! the Voice of Je­sus, Call­ing from on High
  91. Harvest Call, The
  92. Has Some­one Shown You Kind­ness?
  93. Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard?
  94. He Died for Me, the Son of God
  95. He Hath Con­quered Death and Sin
  96. He Is Wait­ing to Be Gra­cious
  97. He Lives and Loves, Our Sav­ior King
  98. He That Be­liev­eth
  99. He Was Not Will­ing That Any Should Per­ish
  100. Hear the An­gel’s Glor­i­ous Mes­sage
  101. Hear the Pat­ter, Pat­ter of the Sum­mer Rain
  102. Hear the Word
  103. Hear the Word the Sav­ior Speaks
  104. Here We Come with Glad­ness
  105. High in Yon­der Hea­ven­ly Courts the Ran­somed Sing
  106. His Light up­on the Way
  107. His Way Is Best, Our Fa­ther, God
  108. Hitherto the Lord Has Helped Us
  109. Holding Out the Life­line
  110. Holy Spir­it, Guide, Re­veal­er
  111. Hope in God, for Thou Shalt
  112. Hosanna, Ho­san­na
  113. I Am Tra­vel­ing To­ward Life’s Sunset
  114. I Bring to Thee, O Mas­ter
  115. I Do Not Crave, O Sav­ior Christ
  116. I Know the Re­deem­er Is Mighty
  117. I Lift My Thank­ful Song
  118. I Long Had Wan­dered from My Lord Who Died
  119. I Sent You to Reap
  120. I Will Hope in God, My Sav­ior
  121. If I Have Sor­row for My Sin
  122. If Thou Be­liev­est, Thou May­est Come
  123. I’m Here on a Miss­ion for Je­sus My King
  124. I’m Not Ashamed of Je­sus Nor
  125. In His Glor­i­ous Beau­ty
  126. In That Land of Bliss
  127. In the Child Gar­den
  128. In the Days When Je­sus Walked with Men
  129. In the Early Glow of the Morn­ing-time
  130. In the Hap­py Sun­shine Bright
  131. In the Lit­tle Cor­ners Pre­cious
  132. In the Midst of the Fight, Be Cou­rage­ous
  133. In the Name of Je­sus, Lit­tle Child­ren Come
  134. In the School of God the Lord
  135. In the Secret of His Pre­sence
  136. In the Small Be­gin­ners’ Class
  137. In Yon­der Man­ger Cra­dle
  138. Is It No­thing to You That the Land Is Cursed?
  139. Is Thy Heart De­filed With­in?
  140. I’ve a Dear Sav­ior, Rea­dy to List­en
  141. I’ve En­list­ed in the Ar­my of the Lord
  142. Jesus, Bless the Gifts We Bring
  143. Jesus Calls, I Hear Him
  144. Jesus Christ Is Here To­day
  145. Jesus Christ Is My Sal­va­tion
  146. Jesus Come­th, Je­sus Cometh
  147. Jesus Dear, We Bring Thee
  148. Jesus Ev­er Careth
  149. Jesus, Ev­er Pre­sent Friend
  150. Jesus, Help Us to Re­mem­ber
  151. Jesus’ Lit­tle Flock Are We
  152. Jesus’ Love in Full­ness
  153. Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
  154. Jesus, Mas­ter, Hast Thou Mes­sages to Send?
  155. Jesus Our Com­mand­er Leads Us
  156. Jesus Saves Me from My Sin
  157. Jesus, the Lord Who Was Cru­ci­fied
  158. Jesus, the Sav­ior, the Lov­ing and True
  159. Jesus, the Shep­herd, Is Call­ing
  160. Jesus, Thou Sav­ior of Child­ren
  161. Jesus, Thou Star of the Morn­ing
  162. Jubilant Voic­es, Glad­ly Ring
  163. Keep Your­selves in the Love of Je­sus
  164. King of All King­doms
  165. King, the King Is Com­ing, The
  166. King of All King­doms, God Alone
  167. Law Is Ho­ly, Just and Good, The
  168. Leave All, and Fol­low Je­sus
  169. Lessons Are of Je­sus, The
  170. Let Ev­ery Heart Re­joice and Sing
  171. Let Not Your Hearts Be Trou­bled
  172. Let Those Who Trust in God
  173. Life, Endless Life Is Off­ered
  174. Lift Me High­er, Lov­ing Je­sus
  175. Lift the Roy­al Ban­ner
  176. Lift Up the Glor­i­ous Ensign
  177. Lift Up Thy Heart
  178. Lift Up Your Eyes to the Fields
  179. Lift Up Your Hearts, Lo, the Tri­umph Is Nearing!
  180. Lift Up Your Hearts, Ye Pil­grims
  181. Living for the Sav­ior Ev­ery Pass­ing Hour
  182. Long, Long Days of Sum­mer, The
  183. Lo at the Por­tal Stands the Son of God
  184. Long Ago in Beth­le­hem’s Man­ger
  185. Long Ago to Beth­le­hem
  186. Long Long Ago a Cap­tive Maid
  187. Look un­to Him Who Has Car­ried Your Sin
  188. Lord Is King For­ev­er, The
  189. Lord Keep Watch Be­tween Us, The
  190. Lord of Har­vest Looks up­on the Fields, The
  191. Lord Will Give Grace and Glo­ry, The
  192. Lord’s My Shep­herd, The
  193. Lovely Flow­ers Bend Their Heads, The
  194. Loving, Gen­tle Je­sus Hear
  195. Lord of Lit­tle Child­ren, The
  196. Many Lit­tle Child­ren Ne­ver Heard
  197. March On, O Con­quer­ing Host of God
  198. Marching in the Sun­shine
  199. Marching, March­ing, Hear the March­ing Feet
  200. Master Hath Whis­pered a Mes­sage, The
  201. More and More of Grace and Mer­cy
  202. Mighty Love of Je­sus, The
  203. My Je­sus, Bless­ed Word of Trust
  204. My Pil­grim Staff I Take with Joy
  205. My Schol­ars All for Je­sus
  206. My Shep­herd Is Di­vine
  207. New Re­cruits Are Want­ed Now
  208. No Room, No Room for Id­lers
  209. O Change­less Word
  210. O Come, Come To­day
  211. O Come, for All Is Rea­dy
  212. O Hark, to the Voice of Je­ho­vah
  213. O Hear the Voice of Je­sus, Go Ye
  214. O Hear Those Ten­der Voic­es Call
  215. O Lis­ten to the Mes­sage
  216. O Lit­tle Blos­soms That Grow and That Grow
  217. O Lord, Thy Lov­ing Kind­ness
  218. O Loy­al Hearts, Behold
  219. O Match­less Grace, O Love Di­vine
  220. O Match­less, Mar­ve­lous Grace of God
  221. O Soul, in Dark­ness and Dis­tress
  222. O Soul in Want and Sor­row
  223. O Souls in Dark­ness Grop­ing
  224. O Tempt­ed One, Could You but Know
  225. O the Wea­ry Night Is Wan­ing
  226. O Trust the Sav­ior’s Faith­ful­ness
  227. O Won­drous Grace That Jus­ti­fies
  228. O Won­drous Love, the Love of Christ Our
  229. Occident and Or­i­ent Now, The
  230. Oh! Sol­diers of Christ
  231. Oh, the Won­drous Grace of Christ
  232. Oh, Who Is This For­giv­eth Sin
  233. Once I Sought For­bid­den Path­ways
  234. Once I Wan­dered Far from Je­sus
  235. Open Stand the Gates of Mer­cy, En­ter In
  236. Open the Gates for the Dear
  237. Open Thou Mine Eyes, Lord Je­sus
  238. Others, Lord, Have Come Con­fess­ing
  239. Our King Com­plet­ely Sa­tis­fied
  240. Our Lov­ing Heav’n­ly Fa­ther
  241. Over the Path­less De­sert Way
  242. Pilgrim of the Day, A
  243. Pilgrim Tra­vel­ing Home­ward, A
  244. Praise the Lord Je­ho­vah with a Joy­ful Song
  245. Praise the Re­deem­er with Heart
  246. Praise Ye His Ho­ly Name
  247. Praise Ye Je­ho­vah
  248. Rally for the Mas­ter
  249. Rally, Ral­ly, with His Ban­ner Over You
  250. Rejoice in the Lord, When the Sky Above Is Bright
  251. Repeat the Glad Sto­ry That Ne­ver Grows Old
  252. Repent, O Re­pent, Is the Mes­sage
  253. Risen Je­sus, The
  254. Safely Thro’ An­o­ther Year
  255. Saving Grace
  256. Savior Calls with Lov­ing Voice, The
  257. See, in the Wood­land, the Leaves
  258. See the Place Where Je­sus Lay
  259. Service of the King, The
  260. Seek the Lord and His Strength
  261. Shadows Dim May Fill the Val­ley
  262. Shadows of Twi­light Drift Over, The
  263. Shining for Je­sus
  264. Show to Us the Things of Je­sus
  265. Sing Again the Sto­ry Old
  266. Sing, O My Soul, Re­peat the Old­en Sto­ry
  267. Sing of His Ten­der Mer­cy
  268. Sing Praise to the Sav­ior
  269. Sing with Hearts and Voic­es True
  270. Sinner, Yes, a Sin­ner, Lost Undone, A
  271. Soldier of Christ Be Stead­fast!
  272. Some Fair To­mor­row We Shall Know
  273. Sometimes the Sky Is Over­cast
  274. Somewhere To­day Is a Heart
  275. Song of Glad Re­demp­tion, The
  276. Song That Rings Around the World, The
  277. Songs of Re­joic­ing Now Fall on Our Ears
  278. Sown in Weak­ness and Dis­hon­or
  279. Spread the News of Je­sus’ Love
  280. Standing Out­side
  281. Sunset Gate, The
  282. Take Our Gifts
  283. Tarry Till He Comes
  284. Teach Us, Lord, to Love Thee
  285. Teach Us, O, Teach Us the Les­son
  286. Tell Me, Pray, Who Is My Neigh­bor?
  287. Tell the Glad Sto­ry of Christ
  288. Tender Shep­herd, Ev­er Near Us
  289. Thank God for Lit­tle Child­ren
  290. That Same Je­sus, Lov­ing and Ten­der
  291. Trusting Heart Goes Sing­ing, The
  292. There Are Sor­rowful Hearts
  293. There Is Joy in Win­ning Souls
  294. There’s a Call Comes Ring­ing
  295. There’s a Foun­tain Free
  296. There’s a Pic­ture Fair and Bright
  297. There’s a Sweet and Bless­èd Sto­ry
  298. These Lit­tle Ones Be­long to Him
  299. This Day of All the Year
  300. This Is the Gold­en Seed Time
  301. Thou Glor­i­ous Ris­en Lord
  302. Thou God of All the Liv­ing
  303. Though the Foe Be Strong, Fight On
  304. ’Tis Eas­ter Time, Glad Eas­ter Time
  305. ’Tis Je­sus Pleads, He Bids You Stay
  306. To Learn of Je­sus Christ, Our Lord
  307. To the Cross on Cal­va­ry’s Moun­tain
  308. To You, to You the Call Rings Out
  309. Today Is the Day of Sal­va­tion
  310. Today the Har­vest Field
  311. Today the Re­deem­er Is Call­ing
  312. Trust in Je­sus, Trust Him Ev­er
  313. Under the Blood My Sins Are Re­moved
  314. Victory, Vic­to­ry, Sing Through His Grace
  315. Voice of the Lord from the Hea­vens, The
  316. Waking Flow­ers, the Sing­ing Birds, The
  317. Wandering Sheep in Path­ways Drear, A
  318. Wand’ring Afar from the Love That Bought
  319. We Are Grow­ing, We Are
  320. We Can­not Live With­out It
  321. We Come the Glad Mes­sage
  322. We Come the Sav­ior’s Name To
  323. We Come This Hap­py, Hap­py Day
  324. We Come to Learn of Je­sus
  325. We Come to Thee, Lord Je­sus, with Of­fer­ings
  326. We Come, We Come, with Joy To­day
  327. We Ga­ther the Sheaves for Je­sus’ Sake
  328. We Have Heard of Je­sus’ Love
  329. We Praise Thee, O God, for the Joy and the Song
  330. We Praise Thy Name, O Fa­ther
  331. We Sing the Great Sto­ry
  332. We Want to Learn of Je­sus Who Came a Lit­tle Child
  333. We Would See Je­sus, Je­sus Alone
  334. Welcome, Pre­cious Baby
  335. Welcome to Our Hap­py Band
  336. Welcome, Wel­come, All Who Come
  337. Welcome, Wel­come, Ho­ly Sab­bath
  338. Welcome, Wel­come, Roy­al Winter
  339. What a Won­der­ful Re­deem­er Is the Lord
  340. What Can We Do from Day?
  341. What Do the Flow­ers Whis­per Low?
  342. What Shall I Do with the Lord’s Com­mands?
  343. What Would Je­sus Have You Do?
  344. When I Hear of Je­sus’ Love
  345. When the Flock He Lead­eth
  346. When the Sha­dows Ga­ther
  347. When the Toil­some March Is Over
  348. When Will You Come to the Savior?
  349. Where the Light of Sin Lies Dark­ly
  350. White Al­ready, the Fields That Wait
  351. Who Can Heal a Trou­bled Soul?
  352. Who Can the Bur­den of Sin Re­move?
  353. Who Is Like the Lord Our God?
  354. Who Is There Among You?
  355. Who Is This That For­giv­eth Sins?
  356. Who Will Go?
  357. Why Should We Be Al­ways Giv­ing
  358. With Joy We Meet Our Songs
  359. With Joy­ful Lips Con­fess Him
  360. With Trust­ing Heart I Fol­low
  361. With Trust­ing Heart I Take My Way
  362. Work Work for Je­sus Well and Will­ingly
  363. Workers To­ge­ther for Je­sus Our Lord
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