Love Found a Way

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I was a sinner, no hope could I see

Author: Avis M. Christianson
Tune: [I was a sinner! no hope could I see] (Gabriel)
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I was a sinner! no hope could I see
Till, in His mercy so wondrous and free,
Jesus looked down in compassion on me,
And Love found the way to my heart!

Refrain:
Love found the way to my heart!
Love found the way to my heart!
Darkness was ‘round me,
For Satan had bound me.
Yet Love found the way to my heart!

2 Darkness and sin had enveloped my soul;
I was completely in Satan’s control,
But, bless the Lord, Christ in love made me whole—
And Love found the way to my heart! [Refrain]

3 Never shall sin rule within me again;
Jesus has cleansed every blemish and stain;
King of all kings He forever shall reign;
For Love found the way to my heart! [Refrain]

Source: Rodeheaver's Gospel Songs for church, Sunday Schools and evangelistic services #50

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Author: Avis M. Christianson

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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First Line:	I was a sinner, no hope could I see
Title:	Love Found a Way
Author:	Avis M. Christianson
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Love found the way to my heart
Publication Date:	1921
Copyright:	Public Domain