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Blessed home of life eternal

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Just across the silent river On a fair, eternal shore

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Blessed home of life eternal

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Carols of Glory #d85 (1922) First Line: Just across the silent river On a fair, eternal shore Languages: English

In my Father's house above

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Favorite Radio Songs #d89 (1937) First Line: Just across the silent river On a fair, eternal shore Refrain First Line: There will bells of joy be ringing Languages: English

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Blessed home of life eternal" 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)