Prayer
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Words:
- Joseph M. Scriven, 1855.
- Music:
- 'untitled' Charles C. Converse, 1868.
- Setting:
- "Book of hymns and tunes", 1874.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1What a Friend we have in Jesus,all our sins and griefs to bear!What a privilege to carryeverything to God in prayer!O what peace we often forfeit,O what needless pain we bear,All because we do not carryeverything to God in prayer.
- 2Have we trials and temptations?Is there trouble anywhere?We should never be discouraged;take it to the Lord in prayer.Can we find a friend so faithfulwho will all our sorrows share?Jesus knows our every weakness;take it to the Lord in prayer.
- 3Are we weak and heavy laden,cumbered with a load of care?Precious Savior, still our refuge,take it to the Lord in prayer.Do your friends despise, forsake you?Take it to the Lord in prayer!In His arms He'll take and shield you;you will find a solace there.
- 4Blessed Savior, Thou hast promisedThou wilt all our burdens bearMay we ever, Lord, be bringingall to Thee in earnest prayer.Soon in glory bright uncloudedthere will be no need for prayerRapture, praise and endless worshipwill be our sweet portion there.
More sheet music
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- Written in 1855, the words are in 2,007 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.