1 I have a precious friend, supernal,
Whose praises now my lips employ;
Whose loving kindness is eternal,
And He’s my glory and my joy.
Refrain:
He is my glory, my endless glory,
My comfort and my joy is He;
And thro’ the ages I’ll tell the story
Of what His love has done for me.
2 He keeps me on the path to heaven,
And gives me blessings o’er and o’er;
And so the love that I have give
Will be increasing more and more. [Refrain]
3 Oh, I shall praise Him more forever,
And magnify His mighty love;
And cease to labor for Him never,
Till I behold His face above. [Refrain]
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: My Glory and JoyFirst Line: I have a precious friend, supernalTune Title: [I have a precious friend, supernal]Author: James RoweDate: 1917