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Glory to the Lamb

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: A captive once was I, and in fetters lay Refrain First Line: All glory to the Lamb who was slain for me

[A captive once was I, and in fetters lay]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Thoro Harris Incipit: 51111 13161 55111 Used With Text: Glory to the Lamb

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Rose of Sharon Hymns #393 (1917) First Line: A captive once was I, and in fetters lay Refrain First Line: All glory to the Lamb who was slain for me Languages: English Tune Title: [A captive once was I, and in fetters lay]

Glory to the Lamb

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Carols of Truth #d1 (1917) First Line: A captive once was I, and in fetters lay Refrain First Line: All glory to the Lamb who was slain for me Languages: English

Glory to the Lamb

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Banner of Love Songs #d1 (1936) First Line: A captive once was I, and in Refrain First Line: All glory to Languages: English

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Glory to the Lamb" 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)

Thoro Harris

1874 - 1955 Composer of "[A captive once was I, and in fetters lay]" in Rose of Sharon Hymns Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brother, 1906) Best Temperance Songs (Chicago, Illinois: The Glad Tidings Publishing Company, 1913) (music editor) Hymns of Hope (Chicago, Illinois: Thoro Harris, undated, circa 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch