I Know that I Have Jesus

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Though loved ones vanish from my side

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Though loved ones vanish from my side]
Published in 11 hymnals

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1 Tho’ lov’d ones vanish from my side,
And grief and pain with me abide,
I still am fully satisfied—
I know that I have Jesus.

Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus,
Gentle, loving Jesus!
For life and for eternity,
I know that I have Jesus.

2 Tho’ heavy be my load of care,
And trials meet me ev’rywhere,
With patience I my cross will bear,—
I know that I have Jesus. [Refrain]

3 When Satan’s arrows round me fly,
And sin, a torrent, rushes by,
A never-failing friend is nigh,—
I know that I have Jesus. [Refrain]

4 And when the angel shall appear,
To call me thro’ the valley drear,
I shall not dread, nor doubt, nor fear,—
I know that I have Jesus. [Refrain]

Source: Songs for All #116

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Author: 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:	Though loved ones vanish from my side
Title:	I Know that I Have Jesus
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Jesus, Jesus, gentle, loving Jesus
Copyright:	Public Domain