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[O the love of Jesus means so much to me]

Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hampton Haygood Sewell Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 53217 65676 55432 Used With Text: Sweeter as the Days Go By

Author: James Rowe Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: O the love of Jesus means so much to me Lyrics: 1 O the love of Jesus means so much to me, Keeps my pathway shining, keeps me pure and free; More and more I praise Him, for He seems to be Sweeter as the days go by. Chorus: Sweeter as the days go by, (as the days go by,) Sweeter as the moments fly; (as the moments fly;) Sweeter and the dearer as to me He draweth nearer Sweeter as the days go by. 2 Precious, loving Savior, all along the way, Words of cheer and comfort I have heard Him say; And He grows more precious to my soul each day, Sweeter as the days go by. [Chorus] 3 He, I know, will keep me, He will hold me fast Till my earthly trials be forever past; He will be, until I see His face at last, Sweeter as the days go by. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [O the love of Jesus means so much to me]

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Sweeter As the Days Go By

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #47 (1916) First Line: O the love of Jesus means so much to me Lyrics: 1 O the love of Jesus means so much to me, Keeps my pathway shining, keeps me pure and free; More and more I praise Him, for He seems to be Sweeter as the days go by. Chorus: Sweeter as the days go by, (as the days go by,) Sweeter as the moments fly; (as the moments fly;) Sweeter and the dearer as to me He draweth nearer Sweeter as the days go by. 2 Precious, loving Savior, all along the way, Words of cheer and comfort I have heard Him say; And He grows more precious to my soul each day, Sweeter as the days go by. [Chorus] 3 He, I know, will keep me, He will hold me fast Till my earthly trials be forever past; He will be, until I see His face at last, Sweeter as the days go by. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [O the love of Jesus means so much to me]

Sweeter As the Days Go By

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs #47 (1927) First Line: O the love of Jesus means so much to me Tune Title: [O the love of Jesus means so much to me]

Sweeter as the Days Go By

Author: James Rowe Hymnal: Hymns of Glory No. 2 #153 (1914) First Line: O the love of Jesus means so much to me Languages: English Tune Title: [O the love of Jesus means so much to me]

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James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Author of "Sweeter As the Days Go By" in The New Praiseworthy 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)