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Where Thou Callest Me
Author: James Rowe Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O how precious are the moments Refrain First Line: Savior mine, O Savior mine
Where Thou Callest Me
[O how precious are the moments]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 37211 57621 74765 Used With Text: Where Thou Callest Me
[O how precious are the moments]
Where Thou Callest Me
Author: James Apple Hymnal: Inspiring Hymns #12 (1914) First Line: O how precious are the moments Refrain First Line: Savior mine, O Savior mine Languages: English Tune Title: [O how precious are the moments]
Where Thou Callest Me
Where Thou Callest Me
Author: James Apple Hymnal: Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings #15 (1913) First Line: O how precious are the moments Refrain First Line: Savior mine, O Savior mine Topics: Christ; Fellowship Communion; Peace; Prayer; Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [O how precious are the moments]
Where Thou Callest Me
Where Thou Callest Me
Author: James Apple Hymnal: Joy to the World #34 (1915) First Line: O how precious are the moments Refrain First Line: Savior mine, O Savior mine Languages: English Tune Title: [O how precious are the moments]
Where Thou Callest Me
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[O how precious are the moments]" in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
James Rowe
1865 - 1933 Author of "Where Thou Callest Me" 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)
James Rowe
James S. Apple
Person Name: James Apple Author of "Where Thou Callest Me" in Service Songs for Young People's Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings Pseudonym: See also Rowe, James, 1865-1933
James S. Apple
