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By the Beautiful Gate

A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate, Unheeding, the throng passed by

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate]
Published in 2 hymnals

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 >

Text Information

First Line: A lame man sat at the Beautiful Gate, Unheeding, the throng passed by
Title: By the Beautiful Gate
Author: John R. Clements
Language: English
Refrain First Line: By the beautiful gate
Copyright: Public Domain

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Sacred and Secular Selections #80

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The Century Gospel Songs #39

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