John Ralston Clements (28 November 1868 – 9 January 1946) was an Irish-American educator and hymnwriter.

He was baptised by Evangelist Dwight L. Moody while Clements was in Binghamton, New York, in 1886.

He led the school from the time of its conception, in a simple classroom on 47 Harrison Street, until 1914, when the Bible-training school and evangelistic academy had found permanent residence in Johnson City, NY.

Clements has written supposedly over 5,000 hymns,[3] most of which were founded on soul redemption inside the love of God.

As an example of this, the refrain from one of his hymns: "Weary soul, cease thy repining.