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He hoa i aloha mai

Author: James G. Small; Kalaina Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [He hoa i aloha mai]

FRIEND

Appears in 149 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George G. Stebbins, 1846-1915 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55333 43221 76565 Used With Text: HE HOA I ALOHA MAI

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He hoa i aloha mai

Author: James G. Small; Kalaina Hymnal: Leo Hoonani Hou #112 (1967) Languages: Hawaiian Tune Title: [He hoa i aloha mai]

HE HOA I ALOHA MAI

Author: James G. Small, 1817-1888; Kalaina Hymnal: Na Himeni Haipule Hawaii #104 (1972) Languages: Hawaiian Tune Title: FRIEND

1846 - 1945 Composer of "[He hoa i aloha mai]" in Leo Hoonani Hou Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

James G. Small

1817 - 1888 Author of "He hoa i aloha mai" in Leo Hoonani Hou Small, James Grindly, son of George Small, J.P. of Edinburgh, was born in that city in 1817. He was educated at the High School, and the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity under Dr. Chalmers, and in 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland. In 1847 he became the minister of the Free Church at Bervie, near Montrose. He died at Renfrew, Feb. 11, 1888. His poetical works were (1l) The Highlands and other Poems, 1843, 3rd ed. 1852; (2) Songs of the Vineyard in Days of Gloom and Sadness, 1846 ; (3) Hymns for Youthful Voices, 1859; (4) Psalms and Sacred Songs, 1866. His well-known hymn "I've found a Friend; oh such a Friend" (Jesus, the Friend), appeared in his Psalms & Sacred Songs, 1866. It is found in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)