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[Soul burdened and straying]

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel J. Spencer Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 34323 12234 33432 Used With Text: O Come to the Savior
[Soul burdened and straying]

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O Come to the Savior

Author: James Rowe Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Soul burdened and straying Used With Tune: [Soul burdened and straying]
O Come to the Savior

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O Come to the Savior

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Abiding Hymns #314 (1963) First Line: Soul burdened and straying Tune Title: [Soul burdened and straying]
O Come to the Savior
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O Come to the Savior

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Christian Hymns #331 (1948) First Line: Soul burdened and straying Languages: English Tune Title: [Soul burdened and straying]
O Come to the Savior

O Come to the Savior

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns of Praise #434 (1978) First Line: Soul burdened and straying Tune Title: [Soul burdened and straying]
O Come to the Savior

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "O Come to the Savior" in The Majestic Hymnal, number two 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)
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Samuel J. Spencer

Composer of "[Soul burdened and straying]" in Christian Hymns
Samuel J. Spencer
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