Long, Long Ago

My sins are all forgiven, I'm on the heavenward way

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [My sins are all forgiven, I'm on the heavenward way]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 My sins are all forgiven, I’m on the heavenward way,
My heart for joy is singing, I’m happy all the day;
Though once in condemnation, His saving power I know,
For Jesus paid my ransom, long, long ago.

Refrain:
Long, long ago, because He loved me so,
His life He gave my soul to save, well, well I know;
Long, long ago, because He loved me so,
For Jesus paid my ransom, long, long ago.

2 My guilty stains are hidden beneath the crimson flood,
He washed me pure and spotless with His own precious blood;
His heart for me was broken, my pardon to bestow,
For Jesus paid my ransom, long, long ago. [Refrain]

3 When at the final judgment, my waiting soul shall stand,
For deeds done in the body, to meet the law’s demand;
Upon the page of records there’ll be no debt I owe,
For Jesus paid my ransom, long, long ago. [Refrain]

Source: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #158

Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. 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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First Line: My sins are all forgiven, I'm on the heavenward way
Title: Long, Long Ago
Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Long, long ago, because he loved me so
Copyright: Public Domain

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