421. Here we come with gladness
Julia H. Johnston, 1852—
Intended to be sung as a collection march.
The author, Julia Harriette Johnston, born at Salineville, Ohio, was educated at Gettysburg and Peoria, Illinois, High School. She was much interested in missions and Sunday-school work and frequently contributed articles to magazines, on those subjects. Among her publications were The School of the Master, Bright Threads, and the Life of Adoniram Judson.
MUSIC. AUS DEM HIMMEL FERNE is a traditional German melody of unknown authorship. It appeared in the Gesangbuch mit Noten and in Kleiner Liederschatz, and is a well known children’s tune.