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Try Jesus awhile

Author: James Rowe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: You wander after where enemies are Refrain First Line: Why don't you try Jesus awhile

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Why don't you try Jesus awhile

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Spiritual Evangel #d210 (1933) First Line: You wander after where enemies are

Try Jesus awhile

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Cornelius' Gospel Songs No. 4 #d264 (1933) First Line: You wander after where enemies are Refrain First Line: Why don't you try Jesus awhile Languages: English

Try Jesus awhile

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Sunday School and Revival Songs No.2 #d273 (1933) First Line: You wander after where enemies are Refrain First Line: Why don't you try Jesus awhile

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Try Jesus awhile" 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)