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Turning from the world for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Appears in 2 hymnals

[Turning from the world for Jesus]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 32351 32132 32376 Used With Text: Turning from the World

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings #44 (1907) First Line: Turning from the world for Jesus Refrain First Line: Turning from the world for Jesus Lyrics: 1 Turning from the world for Jesus, Reaching for the prize above, Leaning on His gracious promise, Trusting His unchanging love. Refrain: Turning from the world for Jesus, Reaching for the prize above, Leaning on His gracious promise, Trusting His redeeming love. 2 Leaving sin and worldly pleasure, Paths of strife and valleys dim, Thus to bear the cross for Jesus, Giving all my heart to Him. [Refrain] 3 All forsaking for my Saviour, Who forsook His all for me When He left His home in glory, Bled and died on Calvary. [Refrain] 4 Glory to His name forever! Through His boundless love and grace, I shall spend eternal ages In the sunshine of His face. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Turning from the world for Jesus]

Turning from the world for Jesus

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Notes of Gold #d179 (1921)

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Turning from the World" 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)

Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[Turning from the world for Jesus]" in Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch