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He Is the One

Jesus the King divine, seeking your soul and mine

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [Jesus the King divine, seeking your soul and mine]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Jesus the King divine, seeking your soul and mine,
Come from His throne and home of joy above;
Freely His life He gave, sinners from death to save,
Showing to all the world His mighty love.

Refrain:
He is the One to love;
He is the One to trust;
He is the One to walk with all the way; (the way;)
He is the One to serve;
He is the One to praise;
He is the One to follow ev'ry day.

2 Out of the grave He came, making His earthly name
Glorious and eternal by His might;
Conquering death and sin, wandering hearts to win,
Filling the dreary world with wondrous light. [Refrain]

3 All who in Christ believe, pardon for sin receive,
Courage and strength to triumph in the strife;
And, if they trust His love, they shall be His above,
All who thro' grace have gained eternal life. [Refrain]

Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #122

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: Jesus the King divine, seeking your soul and mine
Title: He Is the One
Author: James Rowe
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He is the One to love; He is the One to trust
Copyright: Public Domain

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Eternal Praise #128

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The New Praiseworthy #122

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