1 I was on the downward way, weary, worn and sad,
But the Saviour heard my plea and today I'm glad;
Peace and comfort now are mine, on a peaceful sea,
While this happy song I sing: Love has made me free.
Chorus:
Love made me free, Love made me free,
I was lost and tempest tost out on the sea.
Some better day, Him I shall see,
And adore Him evermore, For love has made me free.
2 Weary is my soul no more, for I'm going home,
I am with my Saviour now, never more to roam;
Soon with Him in glory land, safe my soul will be,
There forever I shall sing: Love has made me free. [Chorus]
3 Sinner in the downward road, come to Christ today,
He will cheer your dying soul, take your sins away;
Oh, if you would trust His love, happy you would be,
And with me with rapture sing; Love has made me free. [Chorus]
Source: The Majestic Hymnal, number two #209
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
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 >
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