He is notable for setting to music the words of Joseph Scriven to become the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".

[1] Converse published an arrangement of "The Death of Minnehaha", with words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[2] Charles Crozat Converse was born in Warren, Massachusetts on October 7, 1832.

Many of his musical compositions appeared under the anagrammatic pen-names "C. O. Nevers", "Karl Reden", "E. C. Revons", and "Lesta Vesé".

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