For the Soul That's Redeemed

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Homeless here the soul may rove

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Homeless here the soul may rove]
Published in 20 hymnals

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1 Homeless here the soul may rove,
But a mansion waits above,
For the soul that’s redeemed;
Here the way is seldom fair,
Streets of gold are shining there,
For the soul that’s redeemed.

Refrain:
Brighter the way, groweth each day,
For the soul that’s redeemed;
At the bright gate, angels await,
For the soul that’s redeemed.

2 Friends below are few and rare,
Countless friends are waiting there,
For the soul that’s redeemed;
Here the toil each day depressed,
Yonder’s sweet, eternal rest,
For the soul that’s redeemed. [Refrain]

3 In that happy world above
There is peace and there is love,
For the soul that’s redeemed;
And a crown is waiting there,
Decked with gems of beauty rare,
For the soul that’s redeemed. [Refrain]

Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #95

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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 >

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First Line:	Homeless here the soul may rove
Title:	For the Soul That's Redeemed
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Brighter the way groweth each day
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain