He Loves Everybody

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In the hour of trouble, it is sweet to have a friend

Author: James Rowe (1914)
Tune: [In the hour of trouble, it is sweet to have a friend] (Ackley)
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 In the hour of trouble, it is sweet to have a friend,
Some one who is always glad a helping hand to lend;
One upon whose faithfulness we ever may depend;
Such a friend is always found in Jesus.

Chorus:
He loves ev'rybody, He loves you;
He loves ev'rybody, you should too;
There will never be a friend more true;
He loves ev'rybody, He loves you.

2 When the storm is sweeping, and the world seems most unjust,
When some great misfortune comes and fail you think you must,
There's a strong Defender we my safely, surely trust;
Such a friend is always found in Jesus. [Chorus]

3 When our souls are tempted, when we reach the sinking sand,
And our hearts are longing for a kind, uplifting hand
Looking for a Helper who will give us strength to stand;
Such a friend is always found in Jesus. [Chorus]

Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #36

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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:	In the hour of trouble, it is sweet to have a friend
Title:	He Loves Everybody
Author:	James Rowe (1914)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He loves everybody, He loves you
Copyright:	Public Domain