1868–1946

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 28, 1868, New­ry, Ire­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 1, 1946, John­son Ci­ty, New York.

Buried: Flo­ral Park Ce­me­te­ry, John­son Ci­ty, New York.

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Biography

Clements’ fa­mi­ly emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1870, sett­ling in Li­ber­ty, New York.

He came to Christ in 1886 at ser­vic­es held by Dwight L. Moo­dy at the First Bap­tist Church on Che­nan­go Street, Bing­ham­ton, New York.

Moody’s song lead­er, Da­ni­el Tow­ner, wrote the mu­sic for Cle­ments’ first hymn, Man the Life-Boat. Cle­ments went on to write more than 5,000 hymns, and be­came the first pre­si­dent of the Prac­ti­cal Bi­ble Train­ing School (now Da­vis Coll­ege) in Les­ter­shire (now John­son Ci­ty), New York, a po­si­tion he held 17 years.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Afar from God Thy Feet Have Strayed
  2. After the Strain of Bat­tle
  3. Angels Are Wait­ing to Note What You Do
  4. Anywhere the Spir­it Leads Me
  5. Are You Do­ing Your Du­ty the Best You Can?
  6. Are You Serv­ing Je­sus with Your Might?
  7. As the Ser­pent Was by Mos­es Lift­ed
  8. As the Sun Went Down
  9. Away with Our Fears, the Glad Morn­ing Ap­pears
  10. Be a Voice to Speak
  11. Be Not Af­raid, On­ly Be­lieve
  12. Bear the Tid­ings to My Mo­ther
  13. Behold the Sav­ior of Man­kind
  14. Bells of Hea­ven Are Ring­ing Sweet, The
  15. Beyond Life’s Sea, Life’s Shore­less Sea
  16. Blades of Grass That Up­ward Start, The
  17. Blessed Mess­age of Peace, That Is Ring­ing To­day
  18. Bread That Bring­eth Strength I Want to Give, The
  19. Burdens Hea­vy, The
  20. But for a Mo­ment This Weight of Af­flic­tion
  21. Buy Up the Op­por­tu­ni­ty, O Chris­tian
  22. By Faith I So Oft­en See Man­sions of Glo­ry
  23. By Mea­dows Fair, Through Ma­ny a Glade
  24. Child of Mine, Give Me Thine Heart
  25. Child of Mine, I Will Be with Thee
  26. Chosen Hosts from Egypt Went, The
  27. Christ and Him Cru­ci­fied
  28. Christ Is Come, the Lost Ones Seek­ing
  29. Close by Your Side Stands an Un­seen Friend
  30. Come In, O Lord, Drive Out the Gloom
  31. Crown of Thorns, The
  32. Day Is Done, Its Tasks Are O’er, The
  33. Dear Lord, at Our Hands
  34. Don’t You Hear the Sav­ior Call­ing?
  35. Down from His Home of Light
  36. Down from Yon Cross Flows a Ri­ver of Blood
  37. Draw Me Near­er, Bless­ed Sav­ior
  38. Faith Has Op­ened Wide the Por­tals
  39. Fight the Fight of Faith
  40. For Christ and for the Church of Christ
  41. For Christ and the Church We Stand
  42. For God So Loved a Ru­ined Race
  43. For Mo­ther’s Sake, My Boy, Say No
  44. Forward, Val­iant Chris­tians
  45. Free from Self, Lord, I Would Be
  46. Fullness of Pow­er
  47. Future Is Call­ing for Ser­vice Sin­cere, The
  48. Gather We Here to Praise the Lord
  49. Gently Falls the Ev­en Veil
  50. Give Me the Wings of Faith to Rise
  51. Glad Child­ren’s Day Has Come Again
  52. God Give Us Homes!
  53. God of Life and God of Light
  54. God’s Word, as a Lamp to the Feet, Shines Bright
  55. Goodbye, We Say with Swell­ing Heart
  56. Grief and Pain Our Por­tion Here
  57. Hark to the Song of Sweet Voic­es on High
  58. He Giv­eth His Be­lov­ed Sleep
  59. Head of Thy Church Tri­um­phant
  60. Hear Ye Him
  61. Ho, Ev­ery­one That Thirsts, Draw Nigh
  62. Home of End­less Years, The
  63. How Good God Is
  64. How Sweet the Thought That When We Part
  65. How Sweet to Tell the Sto­ry
  66. How Vain Are All Things Here Be­low
  67. I Am Hap­py in the Love
  68. I Am Liv­ing on the Mount­ain Heights
  69. I Am So Glad in the Bi­ble to See
  70. I Can Hear the Knock­ing Sav­ior
  71. I Have a Cheer­ing Song to Sing
  72. I Have a Lov­ing Sav­ior
  73. I Have a Pi­lot to Guide My Bark Safe­ly
  74. I Have Found for My Feet
  75. I Heard the Voice of Je­sus Say, Come un­to Me and Rest
  76. I Joy and Re­joice That To­mor­row
  77. I Know a Name of Price­less Worth
  78. I Learned It in the Long Ago
  79. I Long to Be­hold Him, Ar­rayed with Glo­ry
  80. I Love the Road That Leads to Light
  81. I Love to Steal Awhile Away
  82. I Met a Strang­er Fair to See
  83. I Oft­en in Dream­ing
  84. I Put My Hand in the Mas­ter’s Hand
  85. I Will Praise and Adore the Re­deem­er Di­vine
  86. If Thou Shalt Con­fess
  87. I’ll Go Any­where, My Sav­ior
  88. I’m a Hal­le­lu­jah Chris­tian
  89. I’m Hap­py in the Love of Christ
  90. I’m Hap­py, So Hap­py in Je­sus To­day
  91. I’m Trust­ing in Je­sus, No Harm Can Be­fall
  92. In All My Lord’s Ap­point­ed Ways
  93. In Jo­seph’s Tomb Lies Bound No More
  94. In That Day
  95. In the Dark­ened Shade of the Gar­den Trees
  96. In the Hea­ven of Bless­ing
  97. In the Name of the Sav­ior, Ga­ther in the Boys
  98. Is It No­thing to You?
  99. Is the Day’s Load Hea­vy?
  100. I’ve Had a Glimpse of Je­sus
  101. Jesu, Lov­er of My Soul
  102. Jesus Is Com­ing as Yon­der He Went
  103. Jesus Is Pass­ing Along To­day
  104. Jesus Is Wait­ing to Give You To­day
  105. Jesus Leads
  106. Jesus of Nazareth, Healer of Men
  107. Jesus On­ly, Would I Know
  108. Jesus, the Name High Ov­er All
  109. Junior, Hap­py Jun­iors, Sing­ing All the Day
  110. Just a Lit­tle Sun­shine Song
  111. Just to Be Lov­ing, Just to Be Strong
  112. Knock of the Nail-Pierc­èd Hand, The
  113. Lame Man Sat at the Beau­ti­ful Gate, A
  114. Life’s Path­way Grows Bright­er as On­ward I Go
  115. Like a Breath from the Hills
  116. List, to the Christ in Sweet Tones of Love
  117. Little Bird in Yon­der Tree
  118. Lofty Pine That for Years Had, A
  119. Lord Hath Done Great Things for Me, The
  120. Lord, Help Me En­cour­age
  121. Lord, Is It I?
  122. Lord Is My Ban­ner, to Bat­tle I Go, The
  123. Lord, It Be­longs Not to My Care
  124. Lord of Light Shall Give His Peace, The
  125. Lord, Send Us Forth
  126. Lost in Sight of the Har­bor
  127. Man the Life-Boat
  128. Many Souls Are Sink­ing in the Wreck To­day
  129. May Thy Grace, Dear God, Be with Us
  130. Memory Paints a Pic­ture Ve­ry Dear to Me
  131. Message Rings Adown, The
  132. ’Mid All the Stal­wart Sons of Men
  133. Must Je­sus Bear the Cross Alone?
  134. My De­sire
  135. My Heart Breaks Forth
  136. My Heart’s in the Home­land
  137. My Song I Raise of Thee
  138. Near to the Sav­ior Be Our Song
  139. Nearing the Gate with the Sun in the West
  140. No Night There
  141. No One Can Tell What Plea­sures I See
  142. Not the Might of Long Drilled War­ri­ors
  143. O I’m Glad I’ve Been Re­deemed
  144. O the Dear­est Name of All Is Je­sus
  145. On the Still Ear of the Night
  146. On the Top­most Bough of a Grace­ful Tree
  147. On Yon­der Hill of Cal­va­ry
  148. Onward, Ye Faith­ful Sol­diers
  149. Out in the Dark­ness in Search of a Soul
  150. Out in the Mar­ket Place Idle Ones
  151. Out of the Iv­ory pal­ace He Came
  152. Over and Ov­er a Mes­sage I Hear
  153. Paul, a Pri­son­er of Je­sus
  154. Peasant of Na­za­reth Walked One Day, The
  155. Poor Soul, for Whom Christ Suf­fered
  156. Precious Souls Are Sink­ing in the Sea of Sin
  157. Present and Per­fect Sal­va­tion Is Of­fered, A
  158. Rally to Our Stan­dard in This Fight To­day
  159. Read It Ov­er Again to Me, the Pro­mise
  160. Remember Christ by Ga­li­lee
  161. Repent, the Voice Ce­les­ti­al Cries
  162. Return, O Wan­der­er, Re­turn
  163. Ring Bells of Hea­ven Sweet and Clear
  164. Royal Ban­ner of the Cross, The
  165. Sailing Life’s Ocean Mid Break­ers and Foam
  166. Savior’s Blood for Sin Was Spilt, The
  167. See Yon Soul That’s Sink­ing
  168. Service Is Our Watch­word
  169. Since I Gave to Je­sus His Right­ful Place
  170. Sing a Cheer­ful March­ing Song
  171. Somebody Did a Gold­en Deed
  172. Somebody Made a Lov­ing Gift
  173. Somebody Needs Just the Song I Can Sing
  174. Someone Is Slight­ing the Sav­ior of Men
  175. Song, a Song of Cheer, A
  176. Songs by Night
  177. Soul That Trust­eth in Je­ho­vah
  178. Souls All Around You Are Dy­ing in Sin
  179. Speed Away: Speed Away: to the Strong­holds of Sin
  180. Speed You, Chris­tian Work­ers
  181. Tell Out the Glad Tid­ings
  182. Thank the Lord for Har­vest Boun­ty
  183. That Beau­ti­ful Name
  184. There Are Bees in the Clo­ver
  185. There Is a Path Where Pil­grims Fare
  186. There Is Need for Da­ni­el Men
  187. There Is No Bet­ter Cure
  188. There Is One Migh­ty to Save You To­day
  189. There Sat by the Beau­ti­ful Tem­ple Gate
  190. There Will Be Rest for My Wea­ry Heart
  191. There’ll Be No Sha­dows in Glo­ry Land
  192. There’s a Brook in the Ev­er­green Pas­tures of God
  193. There’s a Place in the Man­sions
  194. There’s a Song in Hea­ven They Sing
  195. There’s a Time to La­bor
  196. There’s a Voice in Sin’s Wil­der­ness
  197. There’s No Time to Work for Je­sus
  198. These Bo­dies of Ours Are the Tem­ples
  199. Though as Pil­grims Here We Tar­ry
  200. Though Clouds Like Night Hang Ov­er
  201. ’Tis Child­ren’s Day, All Hearts
  202. Trusting for Strength in Christ Je­sus the Lord
  203. Vain Man, Thy Fond Pur­suits For­bear
  204. Voice Is Sweet­ly Sing­ing Its Mes­sage, A
  205. We Are Go­ing Forth to the World’s Great Field
  206. We Bow Our Heads Be­fore Thee, Lord
  207. We Must Face the Foe To­day
  208. We Sa­lute Thee, O God of the Sun­rise
  209. We’ll Raise To­day Sweet Songs of Joy
  210. We’ll Sing the News of Je­sus’ Birth
  211. We’re Band­ed Now To­ge­ther in Chris­tian En­dea­vor
  212. What Are Those Wounds in Thine Hands I See?
  213. What Is That in Thine Hand?
  214. When I Cross the Mys­tic
  215. When I Hear the Trum­pet Sound­ing
  216. When I Pass Through the Por­tals
  217. When My Feet Have Been Torn
  218. When the Day-dawn Bring­eth a Trou­ble Sore
  219. When the Ev­en­ing Sha­dows Kiss the West
  220. When You Spoke to the Sin­ner
  221. Where Do You Stand To­night?
  222. Who Died for Me on Cal­va­ry’s Tree?
  223. Whom Je­sus’ Blood Doth Sanc­ti­fy
  224. Why Need a Doubt O’er­cloud
  225. With His Own Hand God Wipes Our Tears
  226. Would You Leave the Way of Sin?
  227. Would You Res­cue the Wrecked?
  228. Ye Neigh­bors and Friends of Je­sus, Draw Near