I Want to Know Him Better

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For what the Lord has done for me

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [For what the Lord has done for me]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 For what the Lord has done for me
His helper I desire to be;
Still more of Him I wish to see—
I want to know Him better.

Chorus:
I want to know Him better,
I want to know Him better;
He freely died my sins to hide;
I want to know Him better.

2 That I may truly serve Him here
And feel His blessed presence near
From day to day and year to year,
I want to know Him better. [Chorus]

3 That I may use my talents well,
And more and more, His story tell
To those who still in darkness dwell,
I want to know Him better. [Chorus]

4 That I His steps may truly trace
To yonder bright abiding place,
That I may look upon His face,
I want to know Him better. [Chorus]

Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #139

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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 >

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First Line:	For what the Lord has done for me
Title:	I Want to Know Him Better
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I want to know Him better
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain