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:

• School of the Mas­ter, 1850
• Bright Threads, 1897
• In­dian and Span­ish Neigh­bors, 1905
• Fifty Miss­ionary He­roes, 1913

• Hustad, p. 265
• Reynolds, pp. 326-7

1. Abide in Me
2. Christmas Day
3. Crown the King of Kings
4. Grace Great­er than Our Sin
5. Harvest Call, The
6. He That Be­liev­eth
7. Hear the Word
8. His Light up­on the Way
9. In the Child Gar­den
10. King of All King­doms
11. Lord Will Give Grace and Glo­ry, The
12. Mighty Love of Je­sus, The
13. O Change­less Word
14. Pilgrim of the Day, A
15. Saving Grace
16. Service of the King, The
17. Sunset Gate, The
18. There’s a Pic­ture Bright and Fair
19. There’s a Sweet and Bless­èd Sto­ry
20. Who Will Go?