1898–1989

Introduction

Born: May 12, 1898, Del Rio, Ten­nes­see.

Died: No­vem­ber 7, 1989, Mont­ea­gle, Ten­nes­see.

Buried: Sum­mer­field Ce­me­te­ry, Grun­dy Coun­ty, Ten­nes­see.

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Biography

Justus at­tend­ed the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ten­nes­see in Knox­ville, where she earned a ba­che­lor’s de­gree in teach­ing.

A pro­li­fic child­ren’s au­thor, she won the Ju­lia Ells­worth Ford Prize for Gab­by Gaf­fer’s New Shoes (1935–36) and the Boys’ Club Award for Luck for Lit­tle Li­hu (1950).

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Hold Your Lamp a Lit­tle High­er
  2. I Fear Not, I Dread Not the Sha­dows Above Me
  3. I Have Wan­dered Day by Day
  4. I Have Wan­dered Far Along the Path
  5. I Shall See Him, I Shall Know
  6. If You On­ly Knew the Sweet­ness
  7. I’m Tired of Sin, of World­ly Dross
  8. In All the Ways, Through
  9. In the Earth­lands Wide
  10. In the Morn­ing of the Day
  11. In the Sweet Some­time of Hea­ven
  12. I’ve Caught a Hap­py Vi­sion
  13. Just Keep Wait­ing Till the Af­ter­while
  14. Life’s Lit­tle Things
  15. My Wea­ry Heart I Bring
  16. Not a Meet­ing Here but Has
  17. O This Earth Land Is So Wide
  18. O Wan­der­ing Pil­grim, Pause, I Pray
  19. Once When the Day Turned to Dark­ness and Fear
  20. See the Ar­my of the King
  21. Shades of Night Are Fall­ing
  22. Sing Prais­es to God with Ador­ing
  23. Sometimes Heart Grows Wea­ry
  24. Somewhere No Storm Clouds Sweep
  25. There Are Wea­ry Watch­ers
  26. There Is a Hand That Is Guard­ing My Way
  27. There Is a Song That Comes to Me
  28. There Is an In­vi­ta­tion Sweet
  29. There Is Need for Work­ers True
  30. There Is Some­thing for Each
  31. Though We Leave Behind Our Trea­sures
  32. We Would Do Our Best for Je­sus
  33. Whatever My Task or My Sor­row or Care
  34. When an An­gel Song Awakes Me