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I know a friend who is faithful

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [I know a friend who is faithful]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I know a Friend who is faithful,
So tender and sweet a Friend;
With all my heart I have promised
To follow him to the end.

Refrain:
And oh, I wish you would know him,
So happy then you would be;
For this dear Friend is the Savior
Who suffered for you and me.

2 It matters not what betides me,
His love is the same each day;
Within his bosom he hides me,
Each step of the homeward way. [Refrain]

3 His smile is joy, and its sunshine
Doth always from care release;
His voice is comfort for sorrow;
The touch of his hand is peace. [Refrain]

4 I know that he will be always
As loving and kind and true;
His love for me naught can measure,
His love is the same for you. [Refrain]

Source: United Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and other Church Services #61

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I know a friend who is faithful
Title:	I wish you knew him
Author:	James Rowe
Refrain First Line:	And O, I wish you would know him
Copyright:	Public Domain