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Speed it along

Author: James Rowe Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Many are waiting the story to hear

[Many are waiting the story to hear]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. W. Sides Incipit: 56711 13213 56531 Used With Text: Speed It Along

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Melodious Praise #81 (1900) First Line: Many are waiting the story to hear Refrain First Line: Speed it along over sea and land Languages: English Tune Title: [Many are waiting the story to hear]

Speed it along

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Waves of Praise #bd71 (1923) First Line: Many are waiting the story to hear Languages: English

Speed it along

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Signal Bells #d71 (1925) First Line: Many are waiting the story to hear Languages: English

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Speed It Along" in Melodious Praise 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)