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[I have a Friend so precious, So very dear to me]

Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.7.4 Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hubert P. Main (1839-1926) Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 56553 21116 123 Used With Text: My Lord and I

My Lord and I

Author: Mrs. L. Shorey Appears in 113 hymnals First Line: I have a Friend so precious Used With Tune: I HAVE A FRIEND SO PRECIOUS

Amigo fiel es Cristo

Author: D. J. Thomann Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Amigo fiel es Cristo]

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Author: Mrs. L. Shorey Hymnal: Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #63 (1908) First Line: I have a Friend so precious Lyrics: 1 I have a Friend so precious, So very dear to me, He loves me with such tender love, He loves so faithfully; I could not live apart from Him, I love to feel Him nigh, And so we dwell together, My Lord and I. 2 Sometimes I'm faint and weary, He knows that I am weak, And as He bids me lean on Him His help I gladly seek; He leads me in the paths of light, Beneath a sunny sky, And so we walk together, My Lord and I. 3 I tell Him all my sorrows, I tell Him all my joys, I tell Him all that pleases me, I tell Him what annoys; He tells me what I ought to do, He tells me how to try, And so we talk together, My Lord and I. 4 He knows how I am longing Some weary soul to win, And so He bids me go and speak the loving word for Him; He bids me tell His wondrous love, And why He came to die, And so we work together, My Lord and I. Topics: Communion; Fellowship-Friendship Languages: English Tune Title: I HAVE A FRIEND SO PRECIOUS

My Lord and I (I Have A Friend So Precious_

Author: Mrs. L. Shorey Hymnal: Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #S5 (1903) First Line: I have a Friend so precious Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a Friend so precious]

My Lord and I

Author: Mrs. L. Shorey Hymnal: Devotional Songs #9 (1903) First Line: I have a friend so precious Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a friend so precious]

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Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Composer of "I HAVE A FRIEND SO PRECIOUS" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry

L. Shorey

1851 - 1951 Person Name: Mrs. L. Shorey Author of "My Lord and I" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old L. Shorey (Mary Ann Elizabeth Lancaster, née Shorey), was born in London, Jan. 27, 1851, and now (1906) resides in Forest Drive, Leyonstone, Essex. She is the author of many hymns and poems which have appeared as leaflets, in her The Broken Angel, and other Poems, 1892, and elsewhere. Three of them, first printed in the Baptist newspaper and included in the 1902 edition of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, are:— 1. I have a Friend so precious. [The Love of Christ.] "Written one Sunday morning in the summer of 1890. While busy with household affairs some thoughts suggested by the sermon heard the previous evening (on St. Matt. xi. 29) at Leytonstone, began to shape themselves in rhyme." The complete hymn was first printed in the Baptist for Dec. 26, 1890, and then in the Broken Angel, 1892, p. 53. It has had a circulation of over 127,000 in leaflet form, and has been published in sheet form by Messrs. Weekes & Co. as My Lord and I, set to a melody said to have been sung in France by the persecuted Huguenots three hundred years ago. 2. Think of Jesus in the morning. [The Thought of Jesus.] Written Nov. 1900 and printed in the Baptist in Dec. 1900. 3. Walking with Jesus day by day. {Consecration.] Published in the Baptist in Sept. 1894. See a fuller notice in the Baptist, July 18, 1902, p. 37. Mrs. Lancaster, we may add, is a member of the Church of England. Her nom de plume is "L. Shorey," hence the name "Mrs. L. Shorey " in some collections. [Rev. James Mearnes, M.S.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)