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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 (283)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate, Unheeding, the throng passed byJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
A lofty pine that for yeard hadJohn R. Clements (Author)1
A present and perfect salvation Is offeredJohn R. Clements (Author)1
A song, a song of cheer todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
A voice is sweetly singingJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
Afar from heaven thy feet have wanderedJohn R. Clements (Adapter)English1
After the strain of battleJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That saved a wretch like meJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Angels are waiting to note what you doJ. R. Clements (Author)English1
Anywhere the Spirit leads me I will goJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Are you doing your duty the best you can do itJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Are you serving Jesus with your mightJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
Are you with some sorrow burdenedJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
As I sail life's rugged seaJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
As the serpent was by MosesJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
As the sun went down it touched the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerveJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Away with our fears, The glad morning appearsJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Back to the cold world I will not goJohn R. Clements (Author)English16
Be a messenger somewhere for JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Be a voice to speak for Jesus, In a world so full of woeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Be not afraid, only believeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Bear the tidings to my motherJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Behold, now is the day of salvationJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Behold the Savior of mankindJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Beyond life's sea, life's shoreless seaJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Blessed message of peace, that is ringing todayJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
But for a moment this weight of afflictionJno. R. Clements (Author)English7
Buy up the opportunity, O ChristianJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
By faith I so often see mansions of gloryJohn R. Clements (Author)1
By meadows fair, through many a gladeJohn R. Clements (Author)1
By the Jericho road Bartimeus had satJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Child of mine, give me thine heartJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Child of mine, I will be with theeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
"Christ, and Him crucified," preach we todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Christ gave Himself for meJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Christ is come, the lost ones seekingJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Close by your side stands an unseen friendJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Come in, O Lord, drive out the gloomJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Come to Jesus today, Weary one burdened with sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Day of wrath, that [O] day of mourning [burning]John R. Clements (Author)English1
Dear Lord at our handsJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Despised and rejected, Acquainted with griefJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Don't you hear the Savior calling In those tones so matchless sweet?John R. Clements (Author)English9
Dost thou know at thy bolted heart's door tonightJohn R. Clements (Author)English20
Down from His home of lightJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Down from yon cross flows a river of bloodJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Draw me nearer, blessed Savior, O draw me to Yhy sideJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Eilt hinaus zum WerkeJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
En la tierra adonde iréJohn R. Clements (1868-1946) (Author)Spanish1
Es mi vida cual el marJohn R. Clements (Author)Spanish1
Faith has opened wide the portalsJohn R. Clements (Author)1
For Christ and for the church of ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
For Christ and the church we standJ. R. Clements (Author)English5
For God so loved a ruined raceJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
For if thou shalt confess the Lord (Chorus)John R. Clements (Author)English1
For mother's sake, my boy, say NoJohn R. Clements (Author)1
For the soul through sin condemned to dieJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Forward, valiant Christians, forward to the frayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Free from self, Lord, I would beJohn R. Clements (Author)1
فوق في دار السلامJohn R. Clements (Author)Arabic0
Gather we here to praise the LordJohn R. Clements (Author)English7
Gently falls the even veilJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Get right with God, through faith in ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Give me the wings of faith to riseJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Glad Children's Day has come againJohn R. Clements (Author)1
God give us homes, homes where the Bible is honored and taughtJno. R. Clements (Author)English5
God of life and God of lightJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
God's word, as a lamp to the feet, shines brightJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
Goodbye, we say with swelling heartJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Grace! 'tis a charming soundJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Grief and pain our portion hereJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Hark to the song of sweet voices on highJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
He giveth his beloved sleep, free from all pain and sorrowJohn R. Clements (Author)1
He windeth his way through the villageJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Head of Thy Church triumphantJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Help me sing on when my heart breaks in sadnessJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Help me spend these quiet momentsJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Hier drückt oft schwer des Lebens LastJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
Ho, everyone that thirsts, draw nighJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
How good God isJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
How sweet the thought that when we partJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
How sweet to tell the storyJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I am happy in the love of Jesus, He saved this soul of mineJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I am here to search for jewelsJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I am living on the mountain heights with JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I am so glad in the Bible to seeJohn R. Clements (Author)1
I can hear the knocking SaviorJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
I have a cheering song to singJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I have a friend, O such a friend, Jesus of GalileeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I have a loving Savior, Who died to set me freeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I have a pilot to guide my barkJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I have found for my feetJohn R. Clements (Author)0
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest"John R. Clements (Author)English2
I joy and rejoice that tomorrowJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I know a name of priceless worthJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I learned it in the long agoJohn R. Clements (Author)1
I long to behold Him arrayedJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I love the road that leads to lightJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
I met a stranger fair to seeJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
I often in dreaming see mansions of gloryJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I put my hand in the Master's handJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I sit at repose in the silence-clad nightJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I want to be like Jesus, be His obedient childJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I will praise and adore the Redeemer divineJohn R. Clements (Adapter)English1
I'll go anywhere, my SaviorJohn R. Clements (Author)English12
I'm a Hallelujah ChristianJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
I'm an heir of God's grace, To a palace on highJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I'm happy in the love of ChristJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
I'm happy, so happy in Jesus today, I've a joy that the world may not knowJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
I'm trusting in Jesus, no harm can befallJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
In all my Lord's appointed waysJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
In der Stadt auf lichten Höh'nJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
In Joseph's tomb lies bound no moreJohn R. Clements (Author)1
In that day we shall see and shall know each other thereJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
In the darkened shade of the garden treesJohn R. Clements (Author)1
In the haven of blessing I am tenting todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
In the land of fadeless dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English143
In the name of the Savior Gather in the boysJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Is it nothing to you that heaven's KingJohn R. Clements (Author)English17
Is the day's load heavyJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
It was midnight, when my SaviorJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Jehovah mein BannerJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Jesus is coming as yonder He wentJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Jesus is passing along todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Jesus is waiting to give you todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English8
Jesus loving Savior, hear our notes of praiseJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Jesus of Nazareth, healer of menJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Jesus only, would I knowJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Jesus! the name high over all, In hell or earth or skyJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Junior, happy juniors singing all the dayJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
Just a little sunshine songJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Just to be loving, just to be strongJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Kwa mji wa mwangaza John R. Clements (Author)Swahili0
Laangt fraan din Gud din fot har gaatJohn R. Clements (Author)Swedish1
Let us sing of the land where the purified dwellJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Life is a battle fierce and strongJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Life's pathway grows brighter as onward I goJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Like a breath from the hills comes Thy whisper to meJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Like a shepherd, tender, true, Jesus leads, Jesus leadsJohn R. Clements (Author)English60
List, to the Christ in sweet tones of loveJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Little bird in yonder treeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Look not on the wine in the cup ruby redJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Lord, help me encourage my brother todayJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Lord, it belongs not to my careJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Lord, send us forth to preach the [thy] wordJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Lost in sight of the harborJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Man the lifeboat quick, my brotherJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
Many souls are sinking in the wreck todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
May thy grace, dear God, be with usJohn R. Clements (Author)1
May we do something today for TheeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Memory paints a pictureJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
'Mid all the stalwart sons of menJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Must Jesus bear the cross aloneJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
My God has given rich supplyJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
My heart breaks forth in joyful strainJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
My heart's in the Homeland, far, far over the tideJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
My sins, which were many, are under the bloodJohn R. Clements (Author)1
My song I raise of TheeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Naagon har oevatJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Name of names, so sweet its soundJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Near to the Savior be our songJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Nearing the gate with the sun in the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
No one can tell what pleasures I seeJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Not the might of long drilled warriorsJohn R. Clements (Author)2
O, beautiful vision of Jesus!John R. Clements (Author)English1
O blessed Christ, to Thee I comeJohn R. Clements (Author)English7
O du herzgeliebter Name JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
O Golgatha, du TrauerortJohn R. Clements (Author)German1
O I'm glad I've been redeemedJohn R. Clements (Author)1
O lost one in the wilds of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English13
O soul in sin, lift up thine eyeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
O the dearest name of all is JesusJohn R. Clements (Arranger)English10
On the battlefield of life, With its fierce unceasing strifeJon R. Clements (Author)English1
On the bleak, lonely moorlands of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
On the still ear of the nightJohn R. Clements (Author)1
On the topmost bough of a graceful treeJohn R. Clements (Author)1
On yonder hill of CalvaryJohn R. Clements (Author)English9
Only where the Savior leads me there is peaceJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Onward, ye faithful soldiersJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Out in the darkness in search of a soulJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Out in the market place idle ones standJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
Out of the ivory palace he cameJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Out of the midnight into the morningJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Out upon the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Over and over a message I hearJohn R. Clements (Author)0
Paul, a prisoner of JesusJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Poor soul, for whom Christ sufferedJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Precious souls are sinking in the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
'r det intet foer digJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Rally to our standard in this fight todayJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Read it over again to me, The promiseJohn R. Clements (Author)2
Remember Christ by GalileeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Repent, the voice celestial criesJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Return, O wanderer, return And seek an injured Father's faceJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Ring bells of heaven sweet and clearJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Sad is the sound as it falls on the earJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Sailing life's ocean 'mid breakers and foamJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
See yon soul that's sinking in the sea of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Service is our watchwordJohn R. Clements (Author)English13
Since I gave to Jesus His rightful placeJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Sing a cheerful marching songJohn R. Clements (Author)English3
Sing me a song of a Savior divineJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Sing of the crucified Jesus, my LordJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Somebody did a golden deed, Proving himself a friend in needJohn R. Clements (Author)English123
Somebody made a loving giftJno. R. Clements (Author)2
Somebody needs just the song I can singJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Someone is slighting the Savior of menJ. R. Clements (Author)English15
Someone's betraying his Master todayJ. R. Clements (Author)English1
Soul that trusteth in JehovahJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
Souls all around you are dying in sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Speed away, speed away, to the strongholds of sinJno. R. Clements (Author)English4
Speed you, Christian workersJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Tell out the glad tidings, salvation is freeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Thank the Lord for harvest bountyJohn R. Clements (Author)1
That beautiful name how it thrills meJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
The Angels are singing; they joy and rejoiceJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
The bells of heaven are ringing sweetJno. R. Clements (Author)English5
The blades of grass that upward startJohn R. Clements (Author)1
The bread that giveth [bringeth] strength I want to giveJohn R. Clements (Arranger)English3
The chosen hosts from Egypt wentJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
The day is done, its tasks are overJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
The future is calling for service sincereJohn R. Clements (Author)1
The Lord hath done great things for meJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
The Lord is my banner, To battle I goJohn R. Clements (Author)English10
The Lord of light shall give His peaceJohn R. Clements (Author)English6
The message rings adownJohn R. Clements (Author)0
The Peasant of Nazareth walked one dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
The royal banner of the crossJno. R. Clements (Author)English3
The Savior's blood for sin was spiltJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
There are bees in the cloverJohn R. Clements (Author)1
There is a path where pilgrims fareJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
There is need for Daniel menJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
There is no better cure for a dismal dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There is one mighty to save you todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
There is One speaking "as never man spake"Jno. R. Clements (Author)English3
There sat by the beautiful temple gateJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There will be rest for my weary heartJohn R. Clements (Author)1
There'll be no shadows in glorylandJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
There's a brook in the evergreen pastures of GodJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
There's a land of sun eternalJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
There's a place in the mansionsJohn R. Clements (Author)1
There's a song in heaven they singJohn R. Clements (Author)1
There's a time to labor, and a time to playJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There's a Voice in sin's wilderness, ringing so clearJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
There's no time to work for JesusJohn R. Clements (Author)1
These bodies of ours are the templesJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Though as pilgrims here we tarry for a few brief yearsJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Though burdens heavy we here must bearJohn R. Clements (Author)English13
Though clouds like night hang over your wayJno. R. Clements (Author)English2
Time is so short and Eternity so longJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
'Tis a simple story, but wondrous sweetJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
'Tis Children's Day, all hearts are gladJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Tossed on the waves of this life's story seaJ. R. C. (Arranger)English1
Trusting for strength in Christ Jesus the LordJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Waft it, ye winds of the morningJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
We are going forth to the world's great fieldJ. R. C. (Author)English4
We are out for prohibitionJohn R. Clements (Author)1
We bow our heads before thee, LordJohn R. Clements (Author)1
We must face the foe todayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
We salute thee, O God of the sunriseJohn R. Clements (Author)1
We'll raise today sweet songs of joyJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
We'll sing the news of Jesus' birthJohn R. Clements (Author)1
We're banded now together in Christian EndeavorJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
We're marching to the promised land, A land all fair and brightJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
What are those wounds in thine hands I seeJohn R. Clements (Author)2
What is that in thine hand, child, discouraged and sad?John R. Clements (Author)English1
When I cross the mystic riverJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
When I hear the trumpet sounding that shall call forth from their restJno. R. Clements (Author)English1
When I pass through the portals of the unending dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
When my feet have been torn with the rough, stony wayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
When petty annoyances hedge me aboutJohn R. Clements (Author)1
When the day-dawn bringeth a trouble soreJohn R. Clements (Author)1
When the evening shadows kiss the westJohn R. Clements (Author)English4
When you spoke to the sinnerJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Where do you stand tonightJohn R. Clements (Author)English5
Who died for me on Calvary's treeJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Whom Jesus' blood doth sanctifyJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
Why need a doubt overcloud my dayJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
With his own hand God wipes our tearsJohn R. Clements (Author)1
Would you leave the way of sinJohn R. Clements (Author)English1
Would you rescue the wrecked on life's sin tossed waves?John R. Clements (Author)English2
Ye neighbors and friends of Jesus, draw nearJohn R. Clements (Author)English2
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