Author—Joseph Scriven, 1819–1886 Composer—Charles C. Converse, 1832–1918 Tune Name—“Converse” Meter—87.87 Doubled A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 Someone has well penned this statement, “A Christian’s practical theology is often his hymnology.” Many of us could attest to this truth as we recall some deeply moving experience—perhaps the loss of a dear loved one—and a simple