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 >
Display Title: Spend the Day with HimFirst Line: Has the morning bro't you sadness?Tune Title: [Has the morning bro't you sadness?]Author: James RoweDate: 1916
Display Title: Has the Morning Brought You Sadness?First Line: Has the morning brought you sadness?Tune Title: SPEND THE DAY WITH HIMAuthor: James RoweDate: 1925