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Emma M. Johnston

Short Name: Emma M. Johnston
Full Name: Johnston, Emma M. (Mansfield), 1835-1904
Birth Year: 1835
Death Year: 1904

Born: October 18, 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: February 15, 1904, Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Daughter of Robert Elliott Johnston and Grace Acheson Johnston, Emma was baptized at the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. She attended different churches in Philadelphia, including Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, where composer William Kirkpatrick also worshipped. 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.

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Texts by Emma M. Johnston (13)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
By Samaria's wayside wellEmma M. Johnston (Author)English25
Jesus is my light, Jesus is my light (Chorus)Emma M. Johnston (Author)English0
O think of the work to be doneEmma M. Johnston (Author)English3
O why should we wrestle with fearsEmma M. Johnston (Author)English10
See the host of redeemed ones advancingEmma M. Johnston (Author)English3
Sing the song the ransomed singMrs. Emma M. Johnston (Author)English4
There's a beautiful time to come to the weary of heart and sadMiss Emma M. Johnston (Author)English3
There's a land that is far awayEmma M. Johnston (Author)English1
There is nothing like the old, old storyEmma M. Johnston (Author)English11
To what of earth need I aspire?Emma M. Johnston (Author)English1
We sing the water pureEmma M. Johnston (Author)English1
When the port of heaven opens to a world redeemed from sinEmma M. Johnston (Author)English4
Why should life a weary journey seemEmma Johnston (Author)English12
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