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What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
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Have 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 faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
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Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.
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Valencia, Spain
This Is my favorite song. It strengthening my Heart to Love Jesús More. This song gives hope in time of hopeless. Absolutely, Jesús is my father and my best Friend forever.
There is nothing compared to God neither no one he is our one true friend he will always be there when we need him. Take all your problems to God our Father and you will also turn around for good.
For Mark 10:24 says if ye believe so shall ye receive just believe and you shall receive
Kegalle, Sri Lanka
Lord you’re my best friend
Manzini, Swaziland
Ooh yes ... there is no friend like Jesus. Healing song indeed.
Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria
This hymn always reminds me of a reliable friend call Jesus
Korat, Nakhonratchasima, Thailand
A song of assurance from God as a friend specially on these times of pandemic
London, United Kingdom
This hymn means such a lot to me. I always like to repeat the words. It's very comforting anytime I'm feeling low..
FCT, Abuja, Nigeria
It’s a healing song
Warri, Delta, Nigeria
I love this song so much.
United States
The composer of this music, Charles C. Converse, was a well educated, successful Christian, whose talents ranged from law to professional music. Under the pen name of Karl Reden, he wrote numerous scholarly articles on varied subjects. Although he was an excellent musician and composer with many of his works performed by leading American orchestras and choirs of his day, his life is best remembered for this simple music so well suited to the text “What a Friend We Have in Jesus. ”
Ira D. Sankey discovered the hymn in 1875, just in time to include it in his well-known collection, “Sankey’s Gospel Hymns Number One. ” Later Sankey wrote, “The last hymn which went into the book became the first in favor. ”
The biography of the author of this hymn (Joseph Scriven) is posted in an earlier post.