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He Died for Me

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O spread the news over land and sea Refrain First Line: I know not why He loved me so

[O, spread the news o'er land and sea]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. H. Gilley Used With Text: He Died for Me

[Oh spread the news o'er land and sea]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. D. Kirkland Incipit: 51115 11113 33122 Used With Text: He Died for Me

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Victory Songs #115 (1910) First Line: O, spread the news o'er land and sea Refrain First Line: I know not why He loved me so Languages: English Tune Title: [O, spread the news o'er land and sea]

He Died for Me

Hymnal: The Colored Sacred Harp #84a (1934) First Line: Oh spread the news o'er land and sea Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh spread the news o'er land and sea]

HE DIED FOR ME

Hymnal: The Colored Sacred Harp, Third Revised edition #84a (1992) First Line: Oh spread the news o'er land and sea

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "He Died for Me" 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)