A Jesús Prefiero

Author: James Rowe

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) Go to person page >

Translator: Marjorie Caudill

In addition to translating hymns, Marjorie J. de Caudill was the author of Cantos para coros de niños, nº 1. De Cau­dill’s ​​hus­band was a Bap­tist mis­sion­a­ry in Cu­ba for al­most four de­cades. Translations-- A Jé­sus Pre­fie­ro Alabanzas a Nues­tro Dios Amigo del Ho­gar ¿Cuántos Pue­den? La Es­ca­le­ra de Jac­ob Lo De­bes Com­par­tir Maravilloso Es el Nombre de Jé­sus Me Con­du­jo el Sal­va­dor Por los La­zos del San­to Amor Todas Tus An­si­as y Tu Pe­sar Tu Cruz Le­van­ta y Ven Tas Mí Tuya Es la Glor­ia Un Eter­no y Gran­de Amor Ven Hoy al Sal­va­dor Villancico de la Es­trel­la Yo Te Si­gui­ré… Go to person page >