The Only Way

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Would you be freed from your burden of sin

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm (1915)
Tune: [Would you be freed from your burden of sin]
Published in 11 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Would you be freed from your burden of sin?
Hear the sweet whisper of pardon within?
Would you this moment a new life begin?
This is the only way:

Refrain:
Come to the cross of the Son of God,
Trust in the pow'r of His saving blood,
Walk in the path where His feet once trod.
This is the only way.

2 Would you have light that no clouds can obscure?
Would you have joys that are fadeless and pure?
Would you have help that is mighty and sure?
This is the only way: [Refrain]

3 Would you find rest in a blessed retreat,
Rest undisturbed by the tempests that beat?
Would you be ready the judgment to meet?
This is the only way: [Refrain]

Source: Songs for Worship and Praise #827

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Author: Thomas O. Chisholm

Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. 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:	Would you be freed from your burden of sin
Title:	The Only Way
Author:	Thomas O. Chisholm (1915)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Come to the cross of the Son of God
Copyright:	Public Domain