A star has risen the world to bless

Author: Priscilla J. Owens

Priscilla Jane Owens, 1829-1907 Born: Ju­ly 21, 1829, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land. Died: De­cem­ber 5, 1907, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land. Owens taught in Bal­ti­more for al­most half a cen­tu­ry, in­clud­ing Sun­day school at the Un­ion Square Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church. Most of her hymns were writ­ten for her Sun­day school stu­dents. Much of her po­e­try ap­peared in the Meth­od­ist Pro­test­ant and the Christ­ian Standard. Lyrics-- Gathering Jew­els Give Me the Bi­ble Jesus Saves --hymntime.com/tch… Go to person page >