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[Passing through this world, a stranger]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. B. Towner Used With Text: My Saviour’s Guiding Hand

Author: Julia H. Johnston Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Passing through this world, a stranger Refrain First Line: Jesus’ Hand it is that guides me Lyrics: 1 Passing through this world, a stranger, Still I know my gracious Guide, And the Hand that shields from danger, Whate’er evil may betide. Refrain: Jesus’ Hand it is that guides me, With the scar that shows His love; Since His guiding Hand He gave me, All my pathway leads above. 2 From the depths my cry ascended, From the Heights He bent to hear, Lifted up, redeemed, befriended, Jesus’ Hand still keeps me near. [Refrain] 3 Through the path of Pain and Sorrow, Heavy-laden, sore oppressed, Pointing to a brighter morrow, Jesus’ Hand upheld and blessed. [Refrain] 4 Day by day upon me resting, Leading toward you Better Land, While the storm and tempest breasting, Let me feel that guiding Hand. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Passing through this world, a stranger]

Jesus rettende Hand

Author: Julia H. Johnston; D. M. Hofer Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ich Refrain First Line: Jesu Hand ist's, die mich leitet Used With Tune: [Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ich]

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

My Saviour’s Guiding Hand

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: The Voice of Thanksgiving #67 (1913) First Line: Passing through this world, a stranger Refrain First Line: Jesus’ Hand it is that guides me Lyrics: 1 Passing through this world, a stranger, Still I know my gracious Guide, And the Hand that shields from danger, Whate’er evil may betide. Refrain: Jesus’ Hand it is that guides me, With the scar that shows His love; Since His guiding Hand He gave me, All my pathway leads above. 2 From the depths my cry ascended, From the Heights He bent to hear, Lifted up, redeemed, befriended, Jesus’ Hand still keeps me near. [Refrain] 3 Through the path of Pain and Sorrow, Heavy-laden, sore oppressed, Pointing to a brighter morrow, Jesus’ Hand upheld and blessed. [Refrain] 4 Day by day upon me resting, Leading toward you Better Land, While the storm and tempest breasting, Let me feel that guiding Hand. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Passing through this world, a stranger]

Jesus rettende Hand

Author: Julia H. Johnston; D. M. Hofer Hymnal: Erweckungs-Lieder #12 (1915) First Line: Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ich Refrain First Line: Jesu Hand ist's, die mich leitet Languages: German Tune Title: [Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ich]

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D. B. Towner

1850 - 1919 Composer of "[Passing through this world, a stranger]" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden ============================== Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs. --Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives

Julia H. Johnston

1849 - 1919 Author of "My Saviour’s Guiding Hand" in The Voice of Thanksgiving Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)