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) Go to person page >
Translator: D. M. Hofer
(no biographical information available about D. M. Hofer.) Go to person page >
Display Title: Jesus rettende HandFirst Line: Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ichTune Title: [Durch die Welt als Fremdling geh' ich]Author: D. M. Hofer; Julia H. JohnstonDate: 1915