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Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Even children may work for the Savior Refrain First Line: We can work, watch, pray Used With Tune: [Even children may work for the Savior]

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[Even children may work for the Savior]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 12334 52116 16534 Used With Text: Jesus Needs the Children

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Jesus needs the children

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Glad Tidings in Song #144 (1921) First Line: Even children may work for the Saviour Refrain First Line: We can work, watch, pray Lyrics: 1 Even children may work for the Saviour, There is work for ev’ry one to do; We may help one another— Cheer a sister or brother,— Yes, Jesus needs even children, too. Refrain: We can work, watch, pray, Labor ev’ry day, Never letting a task displease us; For He saves, we know, And, our love to show, Yes, ev’ry by and girl will work for Jesus. 2 Even children may work for the Saviour, And receive rich blessings ev’ry day; There are burdens to lighten, There are sad hours to brighten, Yes, Jesus needs us all along the way. [Refrain] 3 Even children may work for the Saviour, And receive for labor more than gold; We can tell the sweet story, Of His love and His glory, And gather others into the fold. [Refrain] Topics: Children's Hymns Languages: English Tune Title: [Even children may work for the Savior]

Jesus Needs the Children

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns for His Praise #67 (1903) First Line: Even children may work for the Savior Refrain First Line: We can work, watch, pray Languages: English Tune Title: [Even children may work for the Savior]

Jesus Needs the Children

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Conquest Hymns #67 (1902) First Line: Even children may work for the Savior Refrain First Line: We can work, watch, pray Languages: English Tune Title: [Even children may work for the Savior]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Jesus needs the children" in Glad Tidings in Song Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Composer of "[Even children may work for the Savior]" in Glad Tidings in Song Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman