There's joy in my soul

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I longed to be made free from sin

Author: S. J. Oslin
Tune: [I longed to be made free from sin]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. I longed to be made free from sin,
And come into the fold;
The Savior found me, took me in,
There’s joy in my soul!

Refrain
There’s joy in my soul!
There’s joy in my soul!
I’m happy in the Savior’s love,
There’s joy in my soul!

2. I’m on my way to Canaan’s land,
To Heaven’s blessèd goal
I’m happy for I’ve pardon found,
There’s joy in my soul! [Refrain]

3. I’m sitting at the Savior’s feet,
I’ve come into the fold;
In Him I’m saved and made complete,
There’s joy in my soul! [Refrain]

4. I’ve found a Savior dear to me,
More precious than gold;
He saved my soul and made me free,
There’s joy in my soul! [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6600

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Author: S. J. Oslin

Stephen Jesse Oslin (1858-1928) was "a teacher, preacher, poet, musician, composer, author and publisher" from Walker County, Alabama. Beginning his teaching career in Arkansas, he studied with W. D. C. Botefuhr in Fort Smith during the 1880s and briefly published a music journal, The Tempo, from that city. Most of his early career, however, was spent in the Indian Territory (today eastern Oklahoma), where he served as the western correspondent for the Ruebush-Kieffer Musical Million. In 1905 Oslin incorporated the Eureka Publishing Company, in Stigler, I.T., where he published songbooks, a paper called The Eureka Messenger, music theory texts, and held sessions of the Eureka Music Normal. His singing classes and music normals were taugh… Go to person page >

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