I Have Found a Ransom

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For the soul through sin condemned to die

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [For the soul, through sin condemned to die]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 For the soul, thro’ sin condemned to die,
I have found a ransom,
If the soul in penitence will cry,
I have found a ransom.

Refrain:
Jesus died and paid it all;
What a wondrous story—
Died to ransom great and small;
To his name be glory.

2 For the soul that’s sunken deep in sin
I have found a ransom,
If that soul but wish to pardon win,
I have found a ransom. [Refrain]

3 For the soul bowed down with weight of woe
I have found a ransom,
Poor, lost soul, with nowhere else to go,
I have found a ransom. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of the Gospel: for use in all religious meetings #11

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Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. 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 >

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First Line:	For the soul through sin condemned to die
Title:	I Have Found a Ransom
Author:	John R. Clements
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I Have Found a Ransom
Copyright:	Public Domain