Had It Not Been For the Lord

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When I was lost in sin's dark night, Who could have led me to the light

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm
Tune: [When I was lost in sin's dark night] (Beazley)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm

Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. 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:	When I was lost in sin's dark night, Who could have led me to the light
Title:	Had It Not Been For the Lord
Author:	Thomas O. Chisholm
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	In vain, to find rest for my soul
Publication Date:	1924
Copyright:	Public Domain