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[Close by your side stands an unseen friend]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. Frank Butts Incipit: 32132 16153 21312 Used With Text: An unseen friend

Author: John R. Clements Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Close by your side stands an unseen friend Refrain First Line: Seek ye the Lord while he may be found Topics: Guidance; Invitation Used With Tune: [Close by your side stands an unseen friend]

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An Unseen Friend

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Songs of Matchless Love #5 (1904) First Line: Close by your side stands an Unseen Friend Refrain First Line: "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found" Lyrics: 1 Close by your side stands an Unseen Friend, Calling from sin away; One who can make of your guilt an end; Hear him now sweetly say: Refrain: “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found,” He will your soul defend; “Call ye upon him while he is near,” He is your Unseen Friend. 2 List to the voice of this Unseen Friend, Heeding his word to you; Sorest of heartaches he’ll quickly mend; Do as he bids you do. [Refrain] 3 Open your heart to this Unseen Friend, Tell him your guilt and woe, Ask him his aid in your cause to lend; Mercy he will bestow. [Refrain] 4 Trust all your days to this Unseen Friend Pathways of peace he’ll show; Glad in his service your moments spend; Go where he bids you go. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Close by your side stands an Unseen Friend]

An unseen friend

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #5 (1907) First Line: Close by your side stands an unseen friend Refrain First Line: Seek ye the Lord while he may be found Topics: Guidance; Invitation Tune Title: [Close by your side stands an unseen friend]

An unseen friend

Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #5 (1902) First Line: Close by your side stands an unseen friend Refrain First Line: Seek ye the Lord while he may be found Topics: Guidance; Invitation Tune Title: [Close by your side stands an unseen friend]

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John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "An unseen friend" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Benjamin Franklin Butts

1866 - 1935 Person Name: B. Frank Butts Composer of "[Close by your side stands an unseen friend]" in Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined Born: September 7, 1867, Ohio. Died: May 25, 1935, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Buried: Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, California. Son of Samuel F. Butts & Hannah Colton, Benjamin studied music at a young age. He started in business in Kansas City, but entered the evangelism field in 1888. He married three times: To Eva Grace Lambright (1867-1941), Mary Emma Rawlings (1869-1919), and Onna Barrett Mills (1896-1963). His works include: Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Lycurgus Pickett & William Marks (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910) Good News Hymns (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Company, 1914) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 19 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)