Em Jesus Amigo Temos

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Em Jesus amigo temos

Translator: Katherine Stevens Crawford Taylor; Author: Joseph Scriven (1855)
Tune: CONVERSE (Converse)
Published in 4 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Hymn Harmonizations by Hayes (Creative a…

Instrumental
	Flute Solos for Worship, Vol. 2 (Arrange…

Handbells
	TAKE IT TO THE LORD IN PRAYER

Translator: Katherine Stevens Crawford Taylor

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Author: Joseph Scriven

Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be di… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Em Jesus amigo temos
Title:	Em Jesus Amigo Temos
English Title:	What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Author:	Joseph Scriven (1855)
Translator:	Katherine Stevens Crawford Taylor
Language:	Portuguese
Publication Date:	1991
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1991.

John 15:14
(hymns)

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Tune

CONVERSE (Converse)

CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship." –Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship

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