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Jesus, Our Friend

Sweet 'tis to sing of Thee

Author: George F. Root
Published in 33 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Sweet 'tis to sing of Thee,
Jesus, our heav'nly Friend;
Praising Thy love so free,
Jesus, our Friend.
O for a heart to praise,
Through all our earthly days,
Thy wondrous works and ways,
Jesus, our Friend.

2 Tender and patient Thou,
Jesus, our heav'nly Friend;
To Thy dear love we bow,
Jesus, our Friend.
O in Thy Spirit pure,
May we our ills endure,
Trusting Thy promise sure,
Jesus, our Friend.

3 Ever be near our side,
Jesus, our heav'nly Friend;
Our Shepherd and our Guide,
Jesus, our Friend.
That we through all our days
May gladly sing and praise
Thy wondrous works and ways,
Jesus, our Friend.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #502

Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sweet 'tis to sing of Thee
Title: Jesus, Our Friend
Author: George F. Root
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 33 of 33)

Chapel and Family Hymn Book #d130

Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #91

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Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #91

Chapel Gems #d73

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Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #502

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. #d37

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d117

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Gospel Praise Book. #236a

Gospel Voices #d91

Gospel Voices No.3 #d260

Gospel Voices Supplemented #d174

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Heavenward #4

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Pearls of Gospel Song #75

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Sacred Songs #67

School Carols #d278

Songs for the New Life #d600

Songs of Praise #d282

Songs of Praise for Sunday Schools, Church Societies and the Home #d287

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d362

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The Cyber Hymnal #11987

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The Gem of Gems #71

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The Palm #242

The Sabbath School Gem #d87

The Silver Chime #d73

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The Silver Chime #30

The Star of the East #d161

The Sunday School Hymnal #d182

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Vestry Chimes #27

Work and Worship #d113

Wreath of Praise #d100

Exclude 32 pre-1979 instances
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