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[There's a picture fair and bright]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel Brink Towner Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 12333 33211 21651
[There's a picture fair and bright]
The Old Fireside
Author: Julia H. Johnston Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: There's a picture fair and bright hanging still on mem'ry's wall Refrain First Line: Dear old Book, precious Book Used With Tune: [There's a picture fair and bright hanging still on mem'ry's wall]
The Old Fireside
Das liebe, alte Buch
Author: Julia H. Johnston; Elias Roser Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: In des Herzens tiefstem Schrein lebt ein Bild mir hell und klar Refrain First Line: Teures Buch, heil'ges Buch! Used With Tune: [In des Herzens tiefstem Schrein lebt ein Bild mir hell und klar]
Das liebe, alte Buch
There's a Picture Fair and Bright
Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6888 Refrain First Line: Dear old Book, precious Book Lyrics: 1. There’s a picture fair and bright,
Hanging still on memory’s wall:
There I see my father take the Book divine;
Dear home faces gathered round,
As the shadows softly fall,
And a light from out the pages seems to shine.
Refrain
Dear old Book, precious Book,
On thy pages soiled and worn I love to look!
O thou balm for hearts that ache,
For my sainted mother’s sake,
Thou art dearer day by day, thou blessèd Book!
2. While I look, the pictures change,
And I see my mother’s face;
In her hand the Bible, worn and stained with tears;
But the light is shining still,
And within the hallowed place
There is comfort for earth’s griefs and doubts and fears. [Refrain]
3. O the blessèd days of old,
When I felt my mother’s hand,
With its tender touch of love upon my head,
While the old, old, story sweet,
Which a child can understand,
From the pages of the Book divine she read. [Refrain]
4. When I long for voices hushed,
And the touch of vanished hands,
In the darkness when death’s angel spreads his wing,
Let me turn to mother’s Book,
With its comforts and commands,
For the peace and hope its blessèd pages bring! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a picture fair and bright]
There's a Picture Fair and Bright
The Old Fireside
Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Sons of Praise #50 (1906) First Line: There's a picture fair and bright hanging still on mem'ry's wall Refrain First Line: Dear old Book, precious Book Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a picture fair and bright hanging still on mem'ry's wall]
The Old Fireside
The Old Fireside
Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Alexander's New Revival Hymns #102 (1922) First Line: There’s a picture fair and bright Refrain First Line: Dear old Book, precious Book Scripture: Psalm 119:111 Languages: English Tune Title: [There’s a picture fair and bright]
The Old Fireside
Julia H. Johnston
1849 - 1919 Author of "There's a Picture Fair and Bright" in The Cyber Hymnal 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)
Julia H. Johnston
D. B. Towner
1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel Brink Towner Composer of "[There's a picture fair and bright]" in The Cyber Hymnal Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden
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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
D. B. Towner
