They are Nailed to the Cross

I was gloomy and sad

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [I was gloomy and sad]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I was gloomy and sad,
Now my heart is free and glad;
Jesus has taken all my sins away;
I was weary and lone,
Now my sorrows all have flown;
I am rejoicing in his love today.

Chorus:
They are nailed to the cross, and I bear them no more;
Jesus has taken all my sins away;
Hallelujah I sing
To my Savior and King;
I am rejoicing in his love today.

2 Let the guilty all know
That for sinners here below
Jesus hath come, to set the captive free;
Tell the tidings around,
How God’s grace doth still abound,
Flowing in love for all humanity. [Chorus]

3 Hallelujah to God!
I am living ‘neath the blood,
Whereby my heart to God is reconciled;
I will laud and adore
His dear name forevermore—
Heir of his grace, my heav’nly Father’s child. [Chorus]


Source: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #12

Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line: I was gloomy and sad
Title: They are Nailed to the Cross
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: They are nailed to the cross, and I bear them no more
Publication Date: 1914
Copyright: Public Domain

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Light and Life Songs No. 2 #12

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