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: What More Could He Do?First Line: Soul far astray in the valley of sinTune Title: [Soul far astray in the valley of sin]Author: James RoweDate: 1955
Display Title: What More Can He Do?First Line: O soul, far astray in the valley of sinTune Title: [O soul, far astray in the valley of sin]Author: James RoweDate: 1914