I'm Not Ashamed

Top Media Text Author Text Info Tune Page Scans Instances

I'm not ashamed of Jesus, Nor of His blessed word

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [I'm not ashamed of Jesus]
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I'm not ashamed of Jesus,
Nor of his blessed Word;
The tidings of salvation,
My willing heart has heard.

Chorus:
Ashamed, ashamed of Jesus!
Ashamed to make him known!
Oh, no! But let me glory in Jesus Christ alone.

2 I'm not ashamed of Jesus,
His name is Lord and King;
But lowly ones may love him,
And join his praise to sing. [Chorus]

3 His messages of pardon,
Of truth and love and grace,
I long to bear to others,
That they may see his face. [Chorus]

4 The bearer of good tidings
Should never be ashamed;
Let all rejoice in Jesus,
Wherever he is named. [Chorus]

Source: Bible Study Songs: for junior societies, junior and primary Sunday schools #34

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

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 >

^ top

First Line:	I'm not ashamed of Jesus, Nor of His blessed word
Title:	I'm Not Ashamed
Author:	Julia H. Johnston
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Ashamed, ashamed of Jesus!
Copyright:	Public Domain