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You can shine, shine, shine, where you are

Author: James Rowe Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Not upon some hilltop do you have to live

[Not upon some hilltop do you have to live]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Homer F. Morris Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 34321 56177 72343 Used With Text: You Can Shine Where You Are

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Favorite Songs and Hymns #36 (1939) First Line: Not upon some hilltop do you have to live Languages: English Tune Title: [Not upon some hilltop do you have to live]

You can shine, shine, shine, where you are

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Salvation Songs for all Religious Work and Worship #d55 (1921) First Line: Not upon some hilltop do you have to live

You can shine where you are

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Telegrams #d75 (1918) First Line: Not upon some hilltop do you have to live

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "You Can Shine Where You Are" in Favorite Songs and Hymns 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)

Homer F. Morris

Composer of "[Not upon some hilltop do you have to live]" in Favorite Songs and Hymns Born in Georgia, died in Texas. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022)