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That's the Kind of Savior
Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: There's a mighty Helper at my side today Refrain First Line: That's the kind of Savior I have found Lyrics: 1 There's a mighty Helper at my side today,
One who keeps me singing all along the way,
One who pleaded with me when I went astray;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.)
Chorus:
That's the kind of Savior I have found, (have found,)
And with joy I spread the news around, (news around,)
Of the One who died that we might ever live;
That's the kind of Savior I have found. (I have found.)
2 When the storm was sweeping o'er my lonely soul,
When of self, despairing, I had lost control,
Jesus whispered peace to me and mede me whole;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.) [Chorus]
3 There is some One holding out His arms to you,
One who wants to help you to be good and true,
There is One who wants to make me happy too;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.) [Chorus] Used With Tune: [There's a mighty Helper at my side to-day]
That's the Kind of Savior
[There's a mighty Helper at my side to-day]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 34554 51653 56554 Used With Text: That's the Kind of Savior
[There's a mighty Helper at my side to-day]
That's the Kind of Savior
Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #39 (1916) First Line: There's a mighty Helper at my side today Refrain First Line: That's the kind of Savior I have found Lyrics: 1 There's a mighty Helper at my side today,
One who keeps me singing all along the way,
One who pleaded with me when I went astray;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.)
Chorus:
That's the kind of Savior I have found, (have found,)
And with joy I spread the news around, (news around,)
Of the One who died that we might ever live;
That's the kind of Savior I have found. (I have found.)
2 When the storm was sweeping o'er my lonely soul,
When of self, despairing, I had lost control,
Jesus whispered peace to me and mede me whole;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.) [Chorus]
3 There is some One holding out His arms to you,
One who wants to help you to be good and true,
There is One who wants to make me happy too;
That's the kind of Savior I have found (I have found.) [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a mighty Helper at my side to-day]
That's the Kind of Savior
That's the kind of Savior I have found
Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Crowns #d171 (1915) First Line: There's a mighty helper at my side today Languages: English
That's the kind of Savior I have found
That's the kind of Savior I have found
Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Songs of Salvation and Service. #d256 (1916) First Line: There's a mighty helper at my side today
That's the kind of Savior I have found
James Rowe
1865 - 1933 Author of "That's the kind of Savior I have found" 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)
James Rowe
B. D. Ackley
1872 - 1958 Composer of "[There's a mighty Helper at my side to-day] " in The New Praiseworthy Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver.
Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)
B. D. Ackley
