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[When I think how Jesus left his home in glory]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Christopher C. Stafford Used With Text: What wonderful love

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When I think how Jesus left his home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, oh, yes, 'twas wonderful, wonderful love Used With Tune: [When I think how Jesus left his home in glory]

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What wonderful love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: His Voice of Love #113 (1924) First Line: When I think how Jesus left his home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, oh, yes, 'twas wonderful, wonderful love Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think how Jesus left his home in glory]

What Wonderful Love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Crowning Hymns No. 11 #119 (1931) First Line: When I think how Jesus left His home in glory Refrain First Line: Yes, oh, yes, 'twas wonderful, wonderful love Languages: English Tune Title: [When I think how Jesus left His home in glory]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "What wonderful love" in His Voice of Love 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)