Son of John Rowe, a cop­per min­er, James worked for the Ir­ish gov­ern­ment for four years, then em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca at age 24. He set­tled in Al­ba­ny, New York, and worked in rail­roads in New York for 10 years. He then be­came an in­spect­or for the Hud­son Riv­er Hu­mane So­ci­e­ty. He later worked with mu­sic pub­lish­ers such as the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, Wa­co, Tex­as; the A. J. Sho­wal­ter Mu­sic Com­pa­ny of Chat­ta­noo­ga, Tenn­es­see; & the James D. Vaugh­an Mu­sic Com­pa­ny of Law­rence­burg, Ten­nes­see. In his final years, Rowe moved to Ver­mont & worked with his daugh­ter, an ar­tist, writ­ing greet­ing card vers­es.

• Hustad, p. 311
• Loyer, p. 32
• Reynolds, pp. 395-6

1. After the Mid­night
2. Always Sing­ing of His Love
3. Another Hour with Je­sus
4. Anywhere Thou Lead­est
5. Battle of the Cen­tur­ies, The
6. Be a Cheer­ing Light
7. Beautiful Bi­ble
8. Beautiful East­er
9. Because I Love Je­sus
10. Christ Is Born
11. Everybody Ought to Love Him (© 1924)
12. Faith Will Bring the Bless­ing
13. Family Bi­ble, The
14. Give Your­self Whol­ly to Je­sus
15. Go by the Way of the Cross
16. God Holds the Fu­ture in His Hands
17. God is Good­ness, God Is Love
18. Greet the Ev­er­last­ing King (© 1943)
19. Happy Sun­beams
20. He’s My King
21. His Pro­mise to Me
22. Home of the Soul
23. Homeward Bound
24. I Am So Glad Sal­va­tion’s Free
25. I Choose Je­sus
26. I Never Go in Vain
27. I Walk with the King
28. I Want to Live for Je­sus
29. I Would Be Like Je­sus
30. If I Could Hear My Mo­ther Pray Again
31. I’m Bound for the King­dom of Glo­ry and Song (© 1937)
32. It Is Your Turn Now
33. Jesus Is All I Need (© 1929)
34. Jesus Will Sus­tain You
35. Just Out­side the Door
36. Little Sol­diers
37. Love Lift­ed Me
38. No Room (© 1928)
39. Praise Him
40. Rapture In­deed!
41. Savior of the Na­tions
42. Song of a Ran­somed Soul, The
43. Sunshine of Love
44. Sweet East­er-Time
45. Sweet Har­bor Bells (© 1924)
46. Sweeter as the Days Go By
47. Tell of the Love of Je­sus
48. There Is Room in His Heart for You
49. ’Tis the Old, Old, Sto­ry of His Love
50. What a Match­less Sav­ior (© 1935)
51. What Is He Worth to Your Soul?
52. When the Sha­dows Flee
53. Wonderful Mess­age
54. Won’t It Be Won­der­ful There? (© 1930)
55. Work I Ought to Do, The