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The Songland of the Soul

O, the rest that will be found, O, the joy that will abound

Author: James Rowe (1921)
Tune: [O, the rest that will be found]
Published in 8 hymnals


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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Text Information

First Line: O, the rest that will be found, O, the joy that will abound
Title: The Songland of the Soul
Author: James Rowe (1921)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: In the songland of the soul
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Celestial Chimes #d51

Celestial Chimes #d51
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Cornelius' Gospel Songs #177

Cornelius' Gospel Songs #177

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 #d149

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 2 #d149
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Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 3 #191

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 3 #191

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 4 #d134

Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 4 #d134

Glory Gleams #d168

Glory Gleams #d168
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Gospel Rays #20

Gospel Rays #20
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Songs of the Cross #154

Songs of the Cross #154
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