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[How sweet a place would be the world]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Hymnal Title: Life Songs Used With Text: If Jesus Reigned Alone

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Sunday School Voices First Line: How sweet a place would be the world Refrain First Line: And yet that blessed time will come Lyrics: 1 How sweet a place would be the world If Jesus reigned alone; The flags of war would all be furled If Jesus reigned alone. Refrain: And yet that blessed time will come, For millions loudly call: “Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all!” 2 All hearts from hatred would be free If Jesus reigned alone; Mankind one fam’ly blest would be If Jesus reigned alone. [Refrain] 3 Despair and want could not be found If Jesus reigned alone; For joy and plenty would abound If Jesus reigned alone. [Refrain] 4 How sweet a place will earth be then, When Jesus reigns alone; Oh, Eden will be man’s again, When Jesus reigns alone. [Refrain] Topics: Kingdom of Christ Used With Tune: [How sweet a place would be the world]

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If Jesus Reigned Alone

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Life Songs #130 (1916) Hymnal Title: Life Songs First Line: How sweet a place would be the world Refrain First Line: And yet that blessed time will come Topics: Christ His Coming; Christ Christ a King; Peace (Not-resistance) Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet a place would be the world]

If Jesus Reigned Alone

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Sunday School Voices #109 (1910) Hymnal Title: Sunday School Voices First Line: How sweet a place would be the world Refrain First Line: And yet that blessed time will come Lyrics: 1 How sweet a place would be the world If Jesus reigned alone; The flags of war would all be furled If Jesus reigned alone. Refrain: And yet that blessed time will come, For millions loudly call: “Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all!” 2 All hearts from hatred would be free If Jesus reigned alone; Mankind one fam’ly blest would be If Jesus reigned alone. [Refrain] 3 Despair and want could not be found If Jesus reigned alone; For joy and plenty would abound If Jesus reigned alone. [Refrain] 4 How sweet a place will earth be then, When Jesus reigns alone; Oh, Eden will be man’s again, When Jesus reigns alone. [Refrain] Topics: Kingdom of Christ Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet a place would be the world]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Hymnal Title: Sunday School Voices Author of "If Jesus Reigned Alone" in Sunday School Voices 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 Hymnal Title: Sunday School Voices Composer of "[How sweet a place would be the world]" in Sunday School Voices 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