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Tell His Love

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: To the weak and worn and weary Refrain First Line: Let us keep the story ringing

[To the weak and worn and weary]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: The New Gospel Song Book Incipit: 56171 16512 32121 Used With Text: Tell His Love

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Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d216 (1918) Hymnal Title: Kingdom Songs No. 2 First Line: To the weak and worn and weary Refrain First Line: Let us keep the story ringing Languages: English

Tell his love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Spirit of Praise #d133 (1911) Hymnal Title: Spirit of Praise First Line: To the weak and worn and weary Refrain First Line: Let us keep the story ringing

Tell His Love

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The New Gospel Song Book #17 (1914) Hymnal Title: The New Gospel Song Book First Line: To the weak and worn and weary Refrain First Line: Let us keep the story ringing Topics: Work Languages: English Tune Title: [To the weak and worn and weary]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Tell His Love" 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)

Jacob Henry Hall

1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: The New Gospel Song Book Composer of "[To the weak and worn and weary]" in The New Gospel Song Book Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941 Born: January 2, 1855, near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Died: December 22, 1941. Buried: Dayton, Virginia. Son of farmer George G. Hall and Elizabeth Thomas Hall, Jacob attended singing schools taught by Timothy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of music progressed, he earned money by trapping quail and bought a German accordion; he soon learned to play one part while singing another. After he and his brother jointly purchased an organ, he taught himself to play hymn tunes, Gospel songs, and anthems. He went on to study music theory, harmony, and composition in Harrisonburg and elsewhere, and in 1877 attended a Normal Music School in New Market, Virginia, taught by Benjamin Unseld and P. J. Merges. Afterward, he partnered with H. T. Wartman for two years to conduct singing schools and conventions. In 1890, Hall attended Dana’s Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio, and a normal school run by George & F. W. Root at Silver Lake, New York. He later served as principal of the National Normal School of Music. Hall’s works include: Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885 The Star of Bethlehem (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer Company) Musical Million (assistant editor) Spirit of Praise, with William Kirkpatrick & Charles Case (Dayton, Virginia: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1911) Hall’s Quartettes for Men, 1912 Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers/em> (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914) Sources-- Hall, pp. 329-34 Lyrics-- Glorious Morning Dawns, The O Thou Whose Matchless Power Controls --hymntime.com/tch