John R. Clements

John R. Clements
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Short Name: John R. Clements
Full Name: Clements, John R. (John Ralston), 1868-1946
Birth Year: 1868
Death Year: 1946

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)


Texts by John R. Clements (276)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ye neighbors and friends of Jesus, draw nearJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Would you rescue the wrecked on life's sin tossed waves?John R. Clements (Author)English3
Would you leave the way of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
With his own hand God wipes our tearsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Why need a doubt overcloud my dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Whom Jesus' blood doth sanctifyJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Who died for me on Calvary's treeJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Where do you stand tonightJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
When you spoke to the sinnerJohn R. Clements (Author)2
When the evening shadows kiss the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
When the day-dawn bringeth a trouble soreJohn R. Clements (Author)2
When petty annoyances hedge me aboutJohn R. Clements (Author)2
When my feet have been torn with the rough, stony wayJohn R. Clements (Author)2
When I pass through the portals of the unending dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
When I hear the trumpet sounding that shall call forth from their restJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
When I cross the mystic riverJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
What is that in thine hand, child, discouraged and sad?John R. Clements (Author)English1
What are those wounds in thine hands I seeJohn R. Clements (Author)3
We're marching to the promised land, A land all fair and brightJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
We're banded now together in Christian EndeavorJohn R. Clements (Author)2
We'll sing the news of Jesus' birthJohn R. Clements (Author)2
We'll raise today sweet songs of joyJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
We salute thee, O God of the sunriseJohn R. Clements (Author)2
We must face the foe todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
We bow our heads before thee, LordJohn R. Clements (Author)2
We are out for prohibitionJohn R. Clements (Author)2
We are going forth to the world's great fieldJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Trusting for strength in Christ Jesus the LordJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Tossed on the waves of this life's story seaJ. R. C. (Arranger)English1
'Tis Children's Day, all hearts are gladJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
'Tis a simple story, but wondrous sweetJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Time is so short and Eternity so longJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Though clouds like night hang over your wayJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Though as pilgrims here we tarry for a few brief yearsJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Though burdens heavy we here must bearJohn R. Clements (Author)English14
These bodies of ours are the templesJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
There's no time to work for JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There's a Voice in sin's wilderness, ringing so clearJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
There's a time to labor, and a time to playJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
There's a song in heaven they singJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There's a place in the mansionsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There's a land of sun eternalJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
There's a brook in the evergreen pastures of GodJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There'll be no shadows in glorylandJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There will be rest for my weary heartJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There sat by the beautiful temple gateJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There is One speaking “as never man spake”Jno. R. Clements (Author)English2
There is one mighty to save you todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There is no better cure for a dismal dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
There is need for Daniel menJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There is a path where pilgrims fareJohn R. Clements (Author)2
There are bees in the cloverJohn R. Clements (Author)2
The Savior's blood for sin was spiltJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
The royal banner of the crossJno. R. Clements (Author)English4
The Peasant of Nazareth walked one dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
The message rings adownJohn R. Clements (Author)1
The Lord of light shall give His peaceJohn R. Clements (Author)7
The Lord is my banner, To battle I goJohn R. Clements (Author)English11
The Lord hath done great things for meJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
The future is calling for service sincereJohn R. Clements (Author)2
The day is done, its tasks are overJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
The chosen hosts from Egypt wentJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
The bread that giveth [bringeth] strength I want to giveJohn R. Clements (Arranger)English3
The blades of grass that upward startJohn R. Clements (Author)2
The bells of heaven are ringing sweetJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
The Angels are singing; they joy and rejoiceJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
That beautiful name how it thrills meJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Thank the Lord for harvest bountyJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Tell out the glad tidings, salvation is freeJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
Speed you, Christian workersJohn R. Clements (Author)6
Speed away, speed away, to the strongholds of sinJno. R. Clements (Author)English5
Souls all around you are dying in sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Soul that trusteth in JehovahJohn R. Clements (Author)5
Someone's betraying his Master todayJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Someone is slighting the Savior of menJ. R. Clements (Author)14
Somebody needs just the song I can singJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Somebody made a loving giftJohn R. Clements (Author)3
Somebody did a golden deed, Proving himself a friend in needJohn R. Clements (Author)English120
Sing me a song of a Savior divineJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Sing a cheerful marching songJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Since I gave to Jesus his rightful placeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Service is our watchwordJohn R. Clements (Author)English14
See yon soul that's sinking in the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Sailing life's ocean 'mid breakers and foamJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Sad is the sound as it falls on the earJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
Ring bells of heaven sweet and clearJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Return, O wanderer, return And seek an injured Father's faceJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Repent, the voice celestial criesJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Remember Christ by GalileeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Read it over again to me, The promiseJohn R. Clements (Author)3
Rally to our standard in this fight todayJohn R. Clements (Author)2
'r det intet foer digJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Precious souls are sinking in the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Poor soul, for whom Christ sufferedJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Paul, a prisoner of JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Over and over a message I hearJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Out upon the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Out of the midnight into the morningJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Out of the ivory palace he cameJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Out in the market place idle ones standJno. R. Clements (Author)English4
Out in the darkness in search of a soulJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Onward, ye faithful soldiersJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Only where the Savior leads me there is peaceJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
On yonder hill of CalvaryJohn R. Clements (Author)English10
On the topmost bough of a graceful treeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
On the still ear of the nightJohn R. Clements (Author)2
On the bleak, lonely moorlands of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)2
On the battlefield of life, With its fierce unceasing strifeJon R. Clements (Author)English2
O the dearest name of all is JesusJohn R. Clements (Arranger)English11
O soul in sin, lift up thine eyeJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
O Lost one in the wilds of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English13
O I'm glad I've been redeemedJohn R. Clements (Author)1
O Golgatha, du TrauerortJohn R. Clements (Author)German2
O du herzgeliebter Name JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)German2
O blessed Christ, to Thee I comeJohn R. Clements (Author)English8
O, beautiful vision of Jesus!John R. Clements (Author)English2
Not the might of long drilled warriorsJohn R. Clements (Author)3
No one can tell what pleasures I seeJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Nearing the gate with the sun in the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Near to the Savior be our songJohn R. Clements (Author)4
Name of names, so sweet its soundJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Naagon har oevatJohn R. Clements (Author)2
My song I raise of TheeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
My heart's in the Homeland, far, far over the tideJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
My heart breaks forth in joyful strainJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
My God has given rich supplyJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Must Jesus bear the cross aloneJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
'Mid all the stalwart sons of menJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Memory paints a pictureJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
May we do something today for TheeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
May thy grace, dear God, be with usJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Many souls are sinking in the wreck todayJno. R. Clements (Author)English6
Man the lifeboat quick, my brotherJohn R. Clements (Author)English7
Lost in sight of the harborJohn Ralston Clements (Author)English3
Lord, send us forth to preach the [thy] wordJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Lord, it belongs not to my careJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Lord, help me encourage my brother todayJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Look not on the wine in the cup ruby redJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Little bird in yonder treeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
List, to the Christ in sweet tones of loveJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Like a shepherd, tender, true, Jesus leads, Jesus leadsJohn R. Clements (Author)English55
Like a breath from the hills comesJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Life's pathway grows brighter as onward I goJno. R. Clements (Author)English4
Life is a battle fierce and strongJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Let us sing of the land where the purified dwellJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Laangt fraan din Gud din fot har gaatJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Kwa mji wa mwangaza John R. Clements (Author)Swahili1
Just to be loving, just to be strongJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Just a little sunshine songJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Junior, happy juniors singing all the dayJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or skyJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Jesus only, would I knowJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Jesus of Nazareth, healer of menJohn R. Clements (Author)English7
Jesus loving Savior, hear our notes of praiseJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Jesus is waiting to give you todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
Jesus is passing along todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Jesus is coming as yonder He wentJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Jehovah mein BannerJohn R. Clements (Author)2
It was midnight, when my SaviorJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Is the day's load heavyJno. R. Clements (Author)5
Is it nothing to you that heaven's KingJohn R. Clements (Author)English18
In the name of the Savior Gather in the boysJohn R. Clements (Author)2
In the land of fadeless dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English123
In the haven of blessing I am tenting todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
In the darkened shade of the garden treesJohn R. Clements (Author)2
In that day we shall see and shall know each other thereJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
In Joseph's tomb lies bound no moreJohn R. Clements (Author)2
In der Stadt auf lichten Höh'nJohn R. Clements (Author)German2
In all my Lord's appointed waysJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I'm trusting in Jesus, no harm can befallJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
I'm happy, so happy in Jesus today, I've a joy that the world may not knowJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
I'm happy in the love of ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I'm a Hallelujah ChristianJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
I'll go anywhere, my SaviorJohn R. Clements (Author)English13
I will praise and adore the Redeemer divineJohn R. Clements (Adapter)English1
I want to be like Jesus, be His obedient childJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I put my hand in the Master's handJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I often in dreaming see mansions of gloryJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I met a stranger fair to seeJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
I love the road that leads to lightJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
I long to behold Him arrayedJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I learned it in the long agoJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I know a name of priceless worthJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I joy and rejoice that tomorrowJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest"John R. Clements (Author)English2
I have found for my feetJohn R. Clements (Author)1
I have a pilot to guide my bark safelyJno. R. Clements (Author)2
I have a loving Savior, Who died to set me freeJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
I have a friend, O such a friend, Jesus of GalileeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I have a cheering song to singJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I can hear the knocking SaviorJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I am so glad in the Bible to seeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I am living on the mountain heightsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
I am here to search for jewelsJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I am happy in the love of Jesus, He saved this soul of mineJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
How sweet to tell the storyJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
How sweet the thought that when we partJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
How good God isJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Ho, everyone that thirsts, draw nighJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Hier drückt oft schwer des Lebens LastJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
Help me spend these quiet momentsJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Help me sing on when my heart breaks in sadnessJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Head of Thy Church triumphantJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
He windeth his way through the villageJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
He giveth his beloved sleep, free from all pain and sorrowJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Hark to the song of sweet voices on highJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Grief and pain our portion hereJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Grace! 'tis a charming soundJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Goodbye, we say with swelling heartJohn R. Clements (Author)3
God's word, as a lamp to the feet, shines brightJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
God of life and God of lightJohn R. Clements (Author)3
God give us homes, homes where the Bible is honored and taughtJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Glad Children's Day has come againJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Give me the wings of faith to riseJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Get right with God, through faith in ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Gently falls the even veilJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Gather we here to praise the LordJohn R. Clements (Author)English8
فوق في دار السلامJohn R. Clements (Author)Arabic1
Free from self, Lord, I would beJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Forward, valiant Christians, forward to the frayJ. R. Clements (Author)English3
For the soul through sin condemned to dieJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
For mother's sake, my boy, say NoJohn R. Clements (Author)2
For if thou shalt confess the Lord (Chorus)John R. Clements (Author)English2
For God so loved a ruined raceJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
For Christ and the church we standJ. R. Clements (Author)English6
For Christ and for the church of ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Faith has opened wide the portalsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Es mi vida cual el marJohn R. Clements (Author)Spanish2
En la tierra adonde iréJohn R. Clements (Author)Spanish2
Eilt hinaus zum WerkeJohn R. Clements (Author)German2
Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, O draw me to Yhy sideJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Down from yon cross flows a river of bloodJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Down from his home of lightJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Dost thou know at thy bolted heart's door tonightJohn R. Clements (Author)English21
Don't you hear the Savior calling In those tones so matchless sweet?Jno. R. Clements (Author)English9
Despised and rejected, Acquainted with griefJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Dear Lord at our handsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Day of wrath, that [O] day of mourning [burning]John R. Clements (Translator)English2
Come in, O Lord, drive out the gloomJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Close by your side stands an unseen friendJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Christ is come, the lost ones seekingJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Christ gave Himself for meJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
"Christ, and Him crucified," preach we todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Child of mine, I will be with theeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Child of mine, give me thine heartJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
By the Jericho road Bartimeus had satJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
By meadows fair, through many a gladeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
By faith I so often see mansions of gloryJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Buy up the opportunity, O ChristianJohn R. Clements (Author)3
But for a moment this weight of afflictionJno. R. Clements (Author)English8
Blessed message of peace, that is ringing todayJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Beyond life's sea, life's shoreless seaJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Behold the Savior of mankindJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Behold, now is the day of salvationJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Bear the tidings to my motherJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Be not afraid, only believeJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Be a voice to speak for Jesus, In a world so full of woeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Back to the cold world I will not goJohn R. Clements (Author)English16
Away with our fears, The glad morning appearsJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerveJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
As the sun went down it touched the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
As the serpent was by MosesJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
As I sail life's rugged seaJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Are you with some sorrow burdenedJohn R. Clements (Author)English7
Are you serving Jesus with your mightJohn R. Clements (Author)English11
Are you doing your duty the best you can do itJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Anywhere the Spirit leads me I will goJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Angels are waiting to note what you doJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)John R. Clements (Author)English2
After the strain of battleJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Afar from heaven thy feet have wanderedJohn R. Clements (Adapter)English1
A voice is sweetly singingJohn R. Clements (Author)English10
A song, a song of cheer todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
A present and perfect salvation Is offeredJohn R. Clements (Author)2
A lofty pine that for yeard hadJohn R. Clements (Author)2
A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate, Unheeding, the throng passed byJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
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