There Is Mercy for You

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There's a beautiful mansion, dear sinner

Author: William M. Golden (1916)
Tune: [There's a beautiful mansion, dear sinner]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: William M. Golden

Born: January 28, 1878, Webster County, Mississippi. Died: May 13, 1934, in a traffic accident near Eupora, Mississippi. Buried: Spring Valley Cemetery #2, Mathiston, Mississippi. Son of James and Camella Hood Golding (his surname changed later), it is said he wrote most of his songs while serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary. His only child reportedly died young. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) _________ The family name change happened between the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Census, under the headship of William's grandfather, Anthony Foster Golding (Golden), in Choctaw County, Mississippi. James Monroe "Jimmy" Golden was born in March 1853. Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's a beautiful mansion, dear sinner
Title:	There Is Mercy for You
Author:	William M. Golden (1916)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	There is mercy and pardon, dear sinner
Copyright:	Public Domain