Spread the News

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 >

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First Line: Spread the news of Jesus' love
Title: Spread the News
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Spread the glad tidings
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

JESUS LOVES ME (Bradbury)

William B. Bradbury (PHH 114) added a refrain line to Warner's stanzas and wrote the tune JESUS LOVES ME in 1861. The hymn was published in Bradbury's church school collection The Golden Shower (1862). The tune is also known as CHINA in some hymnals, presumably because of its popularity among missio…

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Primary Songs for the Primary Class in the Sunday School. Rev.ed. #d75

Primary Songs for the Primary Class in the Sunday School. Rev.ed. #d75
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Primary Songs No. 2 #7b

Primary Songs No. 2 #7b
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