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JOLIE

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: O. T. Wren Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55556 71535 4325

Author: Julia H. Johnston Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The long, long days of summer Refrain First Line: O God, Thy tender mercies Lyrics: 1 The long, long days of summer, The sunny days are here; The ripening grain is bending, The air is soft and clear. Refrain: O God, Thy tender mercies Like evening dews descend; Thou givest rain and sunshine, On Thee our hopes depend. 2 The glowing heat at noontide, The hush of evening’s calm, Remind us of Thy presence, To Thee we raise our psalm. [Refrain] 3 In life’s fair summer weather, Oh, may we look to Thee; And when the storms o’ertake us, Our refuge Thou shalt be. [Refrain] Used With Tune: JOLIE Text Sources: Bible Study Songs, by Bertha F. Vella and Daniel. B. Towner (Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1899)

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Summer

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8111 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: The long, long days of summer Refrain First Line: O God, Thy tender mercies Lyrics: 1 The long, long days of summer, The sunny days are here; The ripening grain is bending, The air is soft and clear. Refrain: O God, Thy tender mercies Like evening dews descend; Thou givest rain and sunshine, On Thee our hopes depend. 2 The glowing heat at noontide, The hush of evening’s calm, Remind us of Thy presence, To Thee we raise our psalm. [Refrain] 3 In life’s fair summer weather, Oh, may we look to Thee; And when the storms o’ertake us, Our refuge Thou shalt be. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: JOLIE

Summer

Author: Julia H. Johnston Hymnal: Bible Study Songs #131 (1899) First Line: The long, long days of summer Refrain First Line: O God, thy tender mercies Languages: English Tune Title: [The long, long days of summer]

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Julia H. Johnston

1849 - 1919 Author of "Summer" 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)