Jesus Needs Us

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Where brothers are burdened and pathways are drear

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Where brothers are burdened]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Where brothers are burdened and pathways are drear,
It is there that Jesus needs us;
Where sad ones are longing for courage and cheer,
It is there that Jesus needs us.

Refrain:
It is there that Jesus needs us,
It is there, It is there;
Where love may be shown to souls sad and lone,
It is there that Jesus needs us.

2 Where bosoms are sighing, where glistens the tear,
It is there that Jesus needs us;
Where brothers are waiting the story to hear,
It is there that Jesus needs us. [Refrain]

3 Where always are heard the harsh discords of strife,
It is there that Jesus needs us;
Where sorrow and pain and unkindness are rife,
It is there that Jesus needs us. [Refrain]

4 Where win is alluring the youthful and fair,
It is there that Jesus needs us;
Where brothers and sisters rush on to despair,
It is there that Jesus needs us. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #84

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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:	Where brothers are burdened and pathways are drear
Title:	Jesus Needs Us
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	It is there that Jesus needs us
Copyright:	Public Domain