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Wonderful

Author: James Rowe Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King Refrain First Line: Our Lord is leading us to glory, O so wonderful is He

[Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. L. Yandell Incipit: 34321 56535 23275 Used With Text: Wonderful

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Old Fashioned Revival Hour Songs #19 (1950) First Line: Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King Refrain First Line: Our Lord is leading us to glory, O so wonderful is He Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King]

Wonderful

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Radiant Joy #138 (1944) First Line: Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King Refrain First Line: Our Lord is leading us to glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King]

Wonderful

Author: James Rowe; P. J. Zondervan Hymnal: Special Sacred Selections #305 (1977) First Line: Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King Tune Title: [Wonderful is Jesus, our matchless King]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Wonderful" in Radiant Joy 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)