He Will Always Be Precious

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I am clinging to Jesus, my wonderful friend

Alterer: James Rowe (1914)
Tune: [I am clinging to Jesus, my wonderful friend]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 I am clinging to Jesus, my wonderful friend,
Who has promised to guide even unto the end;
He will keep me, I know, always happy and free,
And will always be growing more precious to me.

Refrain:
He will always be precious to me,
He will always be precious to me;
More and more I will cling,
More and more work and sing,
He will always be precious to me.

2 I will sing of His mercy and glorious love,
Till I praise and adore Him with angels above;
And the world my great love for my Savior shall see,
He will always be growing more precious to me. [Refrain]

3 In that beautiful country of love and delight,
Where the crown will be given when faith ends in sight;
In my mansion of glory and rest by the sea
He will always be growing more precious to me. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8454

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Alterer: James Rowe

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) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I am clinging to Jesus, my wonderful friend
Title:	He Will Always Be Precious
Alterer:	James Rowe (1914)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He will always be precious to me
Copyright:	Public Domain