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Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I want to do more for my Saviour divine Refrain First Line: I want to do more Used With Tune: [I want to do more for my Saviour divine]

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[I want to do more for my Saviour divine]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Vaughan Incipit: 51111 32161 55112 Used With Text: I Want to Do More for Jesus

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I Want to Do More for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #192 (1938) First Line: I want to do more for my Savior divine Refrain First Line: I want to do more Languages: English Tune Title: [I want to do more for my Savior divine]

I Want to Do More for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #58 (1930) First Line: I want to do more for my Saviour divine Refrain First Line: I want to do more Languages: English Tune Title: [I want to do more for my Saviour divine]

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J. W. Vaughan

1879 - 1945 Composer of "[I want to do more for my Saviour divine]" in Bells of Heaven John Whitfield Vaughan known as Whit, born in Alabama, died in Tennessee Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "I Want to Do More for Jesus" in Bells of Heaven 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)