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I live for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Worldly things I crave no more

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[Worldly things I crave no more]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: L. E. Havens Used With Text: I Live for Jesus

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I Live for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Victory Songs #42 (1910) First Line: Worldly things I crave no more Languages: English Tune Title: [Worldly things I crave no more]

I live for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Tribute of Praise #d133 (1918) First Line: Worldly things I crave no more

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "I Live for Jesus" 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)

L. E. Havens

Composer of "[Worldly things I crave no more]" in Victory Songs
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