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Room At the Cross for All

There was room at the cross for a sinner like me

Author: Birdie Bell
Tune: [There was room at the cross for a sinner like me]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Birdie Bell

C. Louise Bell, also known a Birdie Bell, was born, raised and lived in New York city. She began writing hymns when she was sixteen years old. She is the author of more than 500 hymns, 200 religious poems, and 200 Christmas and Easter lyrics, as well as short stories, and articles. She wrote under the name of Birdie Bell, which is what her family called her. 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: There was room at the cross for a sinner like me
Title: Room At the Cross for All
Author: Birdie Bell
Language: English
Refrain First Line: There is room at the cross
Publication Date: 1955
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1955.

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