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Heralds of Zion
Author: Priscilla Jane Owens Appears in 9 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Glad as the morning, swift as the light Refrain First Line: Far and wide the Sabbath music roll
Heralds of Zion
[Glad as the morning, swift as the light]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Hymnal Title: Gospel Praise Book. Incipit: 13215 61651 12334 Used With Text: Heralds of Zion
[Glad as the morning, swift as the light]
Heralds of Zion
Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Children's Praises #d12 (1900) Hymnal Title: Children's Praises First Line: Glad as the morning, swift as the light Refrain First Line: Far and wide the Sabbath music roll Languages: English
Heralds of Zion
Heralds of Zion
Author: P. J. Owens Hymnal: Garlands of Praise #80 (1876) Hymnal Title: Garlands of Praise First Line: Glad as the morning, swift as the light Refrain First Line: Far and wide the Sabbath music roll Topics: Missionary Languages: English Tune Title: [Glad as the morning, swift as the light]
Heralds of Zion
Heralds of Zion
Author: Miss P. J. Owens Hymnal: Gleanings of Sacred Song #209 (1892) Hymnal Title: Gleanings of Sacred Song First Line: Glad as the morning, swift as the light Refrain First Line: Far and wide the Sabbath music Roll Languages: English Tune Title: [Glad as the morning, swift as the light]
Heralds of Zion
Priscilla Jane Owens
1829 - 1907 Person Name: Miss P. J. Owens Hymnal Title: Gospel Praise Book. Author of "Heralds of Zion" in Gospel Praise Book. Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)
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Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School.
Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard.
--William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives
Priscilla Jane Owens
Asa Hull
1828 - 1907 Hymnal Title: Gospel Praise Book. Composer of "[Glad as the morning, swift as the light]" in Gospel Praise Book. Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA.
John Perry
Asa Hull
