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[I have found a friend divine]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. S. Weeden Hymnal Title: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 Incipit: 51123 11522 34225 Used With Text: Oh, What a Resting Place!

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Oh! What a Resting Place!

Author: J. W. Van DeVenter Appears in 11 hymnals Hymnal Title: Songs of Sovereign Grace First Line: I have found a friend divine Refrain First Line: Oh, what a resting place Used With Tune: [I have found a friend divine]

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Oh! What a Resting Place!

Author: J. W. Van DeVenter Hymnal: Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory #75 (1896) Hymnal Title: Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory First Line: I have found a friend divine Refrain First Line: Oh, what a resting place! Languages: English Tune Title: [I have found a friend divine]
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Oh! What a Resting Place!

Author: J. W. Van De Venter Hymnal: Pentecostal Praises #171 (1898) Hymnal Title: Pentecostal Praises First Line: I have found a friend divine Refrain First Line: Oh, what a resting place! Languages: English Tune Title: [I have found a friend divine]
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Oh! What a Resting Place!

Author: J. W. Van de Venter Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Truth #36 (1899) Hymnal Title: Songs of Grace and Truth First Line: I have found a friend divine Refrain First Line: Oh, what a resting place! Languages: English Tune Title: [I have found a friend divine]

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Judson W. Van DeVenter

1855 - 1939 Person Name: J. W. Van DeVenter Hymnal Title: Songs of Sovereign Grace Author of "Oh! What a Resting Place!" in Songs of Sovereign Grace Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

W. S. Weeden

1847 - 1908 Hymnal Title: Songs of Sovereign Grace Composer of "[I have found a friend divine]" in Songs of Sovereign Grace Winfield S. Weeden was born in 1847 in Middleport, OH. In his early life he was active in teaching singing schools throughout that area in Ohio. As singer and associate to Judson VandeVenter in his evangelistic campaigns, Weeden assisted in meetings at East Palestine and Sebring. He compiled several collections of hymns among them The Peacemaker, Songs of the Peacemaker, and Songs of Sovereign Grace. Weeden died in 1908. (see 101 More Hymn Stories, Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1985) Mary Louise VanDyke