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Author: J. R. Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care Topics: Confession of Christ; Duet; Invitation; Rescue ; Solo Used With Tune: [He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care]

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[He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Rowe Incipit: 55512 32341 32343 Used With Text: I Told Him the Old, Old Story

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I Told Him the Old, Old Story

Author: J. R. Hymnal: Gospel Songs for Men #86 (1914) First Line: He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care Languages: English Tune Title: [He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care]

I Told Him the Old, Old Story

Author: J. R. Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #150 (1911) First Line: He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care Topics: Confession of Christ; Duet; Invitation; Rescue ; Solo Languages: English Tune Title: [He was burdened with age, bent with sin and care]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "I Told Him the Old, Old Story" 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)