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Author: James Rowe Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend Refrain First Line: Wonderful Jesus! marvelous King! Used With Tune: [Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend]

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[Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend!]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. P. Denton Incipit: 32131 21651 23535 Used With Text: Wonderful Jesus

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Wonderful Jesus

Author: James Rowe, 1865-1933 Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #21 (1959) First Line: Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend! Refrain First Line: Wonderful Jesus! marvelous King! Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend!]

Wonderful Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Marching to Zion #21 (1922) First Line: Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend! Refrain First Line: Wonderful Jesus! marvelous King! Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful Jesus! glorious friend!]

Wonderful Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The Blessed Way #77 (1925) First Line: Wonderful Jesus! glorious Friend! Refrain First Line: Wonderful Jesus! marvelous King! Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful Jesus! glorious Friend!]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Wonderful Jesus" in The Gospel Way 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)