1835–1904

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 18, 1935, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Baptized: Sa­lem Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 15, 1904, Ocean Grove, New Jers­ey.

Buried: Lau­rel Hill Ce­me­te­ry East, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Emma was the daugh­ter of Ro­bert El­li­ott John­ston and Grace Ach­eson.

She at­tend­ed va­ri­ous church­es in Phi­la­del­phia, in­clud­ing the Eb­en­ezer Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, where com­pos­er Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick al­so wor­shiped.

She worked as a school teach­er, and Mc­El­roy’s 1873 Di­rect­ory of Phi­la­del­phia listed her as an au­thor­ess.

After her el­der sister, Es­ther El­li­ott John­ston Boyd, was wid­owed, the two sis­ters moved to As­bury Park, New Jer­sey, and lat­er to Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey, where they shared a house.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Beautiful Time to Come, The
  2. Everlasting Song, The
  3. Grace Is Free
  4. Land of the By and By, The
  5. My Light and Song
  6. O Think of the Work to Be Done
  7. Old Fount­ain, The
  8. Only Be­lieve
  9. Ring Out the Hal­le­lu­jahs
  10. See the Host of Re­deemed Ones Ad­vanc­ing
  11. To What of Earth Need I As­pire?

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