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Author: James Rowe Appears in 6 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: How sweet is the love of my Savior and King Refrain First Line: 'Tis sweeter and dearer each day

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[How sweet is the love of my Savior and King]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. E. Reynolds Hymnal Title: Glory Songs Incipit: 53235 43212 31321 Used With Text: Sweeter and Dearer

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Sweeter and dearer

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Baptist Student Missionary Movement Hymnal #d10 (1916) Hymnal Title: Baptist Student Missionary Movement Hymnal First Line: How sweet is the love of my Savior and King Refrain First Line: 'Tis sweeter and dearer each day Languages: English

Sweeter and Dearer

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Glory Songs #11 (1916) Hymnal Title: Glory Songs First Line: How sweet is the love of my Savior and King Refrain First Line: 'Tis sweeter and dearer each day Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet is the love of my Savior and King]

Sweeter and Dearer

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Herald of Praise #65 (1917) Hymnal Title: Herald of Praise First Line: How sweet is the love of my Savior and King Refrain First Line: 'Tis sweeter and dearer each day Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet is the love of my Savior and King]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Hymnal Title: Glory Songs Author of "Sweeter and Dearer" in Glory Songs 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)