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
Display Title: (What a friend we have in Jesus)First Line: Yesu Yana jin addu'a (¡Oh qué amigo nos es Cristo!) (Joejm matteun uri goojoo) (Kototeminaw Ciisas Karayst)Tune Title: ERIE (CONVERSE)Date: 1992