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Wonderful City

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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 >

Text Information

First Line: Over the river, shining forever
Title: Wonderful City
Author: James Rowe
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Wonderful city, beautiful city
Publication Date: 1923
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Over the river, shining forever]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[Over the river, shining forever]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals19251930193519401945195019551960196519701975198019851990199520002005050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Sacred Selections for the Church #380

Sacred Songs of the Church #845

Include 24 pre-1979 instances
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