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]
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.
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Display Title: Love Found a WayFirst Line: I was a sinner! no hope could I seeTune Title: [I was a sinner! no hope could I see] (Gabriel)Author: Avis M. ChristiansonDate: 1923
Display Title: Love Found a WayFirst Line: I was a sinner! no hope could I seeTune Title: [I was a sinner! no hope could I see]Author: Avis M. ChristiansonDate: 1924
Display Title: Love Found a WayFirst Line: I was a sinner! no hope could I seeTune Title: [I was a sinner! no hope could I see]Author: Avis M. ChristiansonDate: 1922
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