Here we come with gladness

Here we come with gladness

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Published in 8 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Here we come with gladness,
Gifts of love to bring,
Giving, giving, giving,
All to Christ the King.

2 Small may be the off'ring,
But the lord will use
Every gift we bring him;
None will he refuse.

Source: The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #154

Author: Julia H. Johnston

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Here we come with gladness
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Children's Praise and Worship #d55

Songs of praise #386

Songs of Praise for America #d37

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #153

The Primary Sunday School Hymnal #d65

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The Church and School Hymnal #311

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The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #154

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