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[Now I have found a Friend] (Burke)

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Burke Incipit: 31234 53421 31234

Jesus is Mine

Author: H. J. M. Hope Appears in 118 hymnals First Line: Now I have found a Friend Topics: Children; Friend, Christ a Used With Tune: [Now I have found a Friend]

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Jesus is Mine

Author: H. J. M. Hope Hymnal: Sacred Songs No. 1 #94 (1896) First Line: Now I have found a Friend Topics: Children; Friend, Christ a Tune Title: [Now I have found a Friend]

Author: H. J. M. Hope Hymnal: Christian Endeavor Edition of Sacred Songs No. 1 #94 (1897) First Line: Now I have found a Friend Topics: Children; Friend, Christ a Languages: English Tune Title: [Now I have found a Friend]

Jesus is Mine

Author: H. J. M. Hope Hymnal: Royal Hymnal #107 (1898) First Line: Now I have found a friend Languages: English Tune Title: [Now I have found a friend]

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James H. Burke

1858 - 1901 Person Name: J. H. Burke Composer of "[Now I have found a Friend]" in Sacred Songs No. 1 James H Burke, 1855-1901, Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1873. In Chicago, he attended the Moody Church and became a member. He taught Sunday school and started singing groups at the YMCA. He engaged in evangelistic work with D. L. Moody, Daniel Whittle, and others, going to Scotland and Britain for crusade work there for a year and a half. He was also music minister at the New York Gospel Tacernacle for a year in 1891. He traveled with Scottish evangelist, John McNeill for or year or so as well. John Perry

H. J. M. Hope

1809 - 1872 Author of "Jesus is Mine" in Sacred Songs No. 1 Hope, Henry Joy McCracken, a bookbinder, son of James Hope, was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1809; was in the employ of Messrs. Chambers, Dublin, for many years, and died at Shanemagowston, Dunadry, County Antrim, Ireland, Jan. 19, 1872. His hymn, "Now I have found a Friend" (Jesus the Friend) was privately printed in 1852. It seems to have been suggested by Mrs. Bonar's "Pass away, earthly joy" (p. 162, i.), stanza iv. of which is sometimes associated with it. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)