Born: Jan­u­a­ry 21, 1849, Sa­line­ville, Ohio.

Died: March 6, 1919, Pe­or­ia, Il­li­nois.

Buried: 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

Sources

Hymns

1. Grace Great­er than Our Sin
2. Hear the Word
3. In the Child Gar­den
4. O Change­less Word
5. Saving Grace
6. Service of the King, The
7. Sunset Gate, The
8. There’s a Pic­ture Bright and Fair
9. There’s a Sweet and Bless­èd Story