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A Friend Above All Other

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: There is a friend above all others, O how he loves!

[There's a Friend above all others]

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Sources: Old Melody Incipit: 11135 66533 211 Used With Text: Oh, How He Loves

[There's a Friend above all other]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. T. Grape Incipit: 35243 55645 53334 Used With Text: A Friend Above All Other

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

There is a friend above all others, Oh, how he loves!

Hymnal: The Golden Harp #d127 (1857)

Oh, How He Loves

Hymnal: Precious Hymns No. 2 #123 (1911) First Line: There's a Friend above all others Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a Friend above all others]

A Friend Above All Other

Hymnal: Fount of Blessing #41 (1880) First Line: There's a Friend above all other Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a Friend above all other]

1835 - 1915 Person Name: J. T. Grape Composer of "[There's a Friend above all other]" in Fount of Blessing John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore. John Perry