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Author: J. D. V. Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: James 5:16 First Line: I need the pray'rs of those I love Refrain First Line: I want my friends to pray for me Used With Tune: [I need the pray'rs of those I love]

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Author: Joseph M. Scriven, 1819-1886 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,692 hymnals Scripture: James 5:13 Lyrics: 1 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! 2 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! 3 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 your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you wilt find a solace there. Used With Tune: CONVERSE

O Christ, the healer, we have come

Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: James 5:13-16 Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, when reached by love that never ends? 2 From every ailment flesh endures our bodies clamour to be freed; yet in our hearts we would confess that wholeness is our deepest need. 3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires, how weak our knowledge of ourselves! Release in us those healing truths unconscious pride resists or shelves. 4 In conflicts that destroy our health we diagnose the world's disease; our common life declares our ills: is there no cure, O Christ, for these? 5 Grant that we all, made one in faith, in your community may find the wholeness that, enriching us, shall reach the whole of humankind. Topics: The Church Celebrates; The Church Celebrates Wholeness and Healing; Suffering; Unity of Humanity Used With Tune: ANGELUS

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[I need the pray'rs of those I love]

Appears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James D. Vaughan Scripture: James 5:16 Incipit: 55434 56532 34323 Used With Text: I Need the Prayers

CONVERSE

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 881 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles C. Converse, 1832-1918 Scripture: James 5:13 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55653 11651 31532 Used With Text: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

[Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying]

Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 457 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Scripture: James 5:20 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 53455 51766 55671 Used With Text: Rescue the Perishing

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Love divine, all loves excelling

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #503 (2011) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Scripture: James 5:11 Topics: Growth in Grace and Holiness; The Communion of Saints Languages: English Tune Title: BLAENWERN

Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer

Author: William Williams; Peter Williams Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #43 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Scripture: James 5:13 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but you are mighty; hold me with your powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore, feed me now and evermore. 2 Open now the crystal fountain, where the healing waters flow. Let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, ever be my strength and shield, ever be my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside. Death of death, and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side. Songs of praises, songs of praises I will ever sing to you, I will ever sing to you. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Canaan; Biblical Names and Places Jordan River; Biblical Names and Places Pillar of Cloud/Pillar of Fire; Covenant Faithfulness; Powers of Darkness; Death and Dying; Discipleship; Jesus Christ Bread of Life; Jesus Christ Guide; New Heaven and Earth; Occasional Services Funeral/Witness to the Resurrection; Perseverance; Praise of Christ; Praise of God Languages: English Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA

Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer (Oh Pastor divino escucha)

Author: William Williams, 1717-1791; Peter Williams, 1723-1796; William Williams, 1717-1791; Anonymous Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #51 (2019) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Scripture: James 5:13 First Line: Guide me, O my great Redeemer (¡Oh Pastor divino! Escucha) Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but you are mighty; Hold me with your pow'rful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, Feed me now and evermore, Feed me now and evermore. 2 Open now the crystal fountain, Where the healing waters flow. Let the fire and cloudy pillar Lead me all my journey through. Strong Deliv'rer, strong Deliv'rer, Ever be my strength and shield, Ever be my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside. Death of death, and hell's destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side. Songs of praises, songs of praises I will ever sing to you, I will ever sing to you. --- 1 ¡Oh Pastor divino! Escucha de tu pueblo el orar; como overjas, congregados, te venimos a buscar. Cristo, llega, Cristo, llega tu rebaño a apacentar, tu rebaño a apacentar. 2 Guía al triste y fatigado al aprisco del Señor. Cría al tierno corderito a tu lado, buen Pastor, con los pastos, con los pastos de celeste y dulce amor, de celeste y dulce amor. 3 ¡Oh Jesús!, escucha el ruego y esta humilde petición! Ven a henchir a tu rebaño de sincera devoción. Cantaremos, cantaremos tu benigna protección, tu benigna protección. Topics: Covenant; Pacto; Guía; Guidance; Oracion; Prayer; Providence; Providencia Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA

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Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Person Name: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Scripture: James 5:13 Author of "When in Our Music God Is Glorified" in Worship and Rejoice The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

James D. Vaughan

1864 - 1941 Person Name: J. D. V. Scripture: James 5:16 Author of "I Need the Prayers" in Millennial Revival Vaughan, James D(avid); b. Dec. 14, 1864, between Lawrence Co. and Giles Co., TN; d. Feb. 9, 1941, Lawrenceburg, TN; music publisher, composer and compiler of gospel songs in shape notation

Joseph Medlicott Scriven

1819 - 1886 Person Name: Joseph M. Scriven, 1819-1886 Scripture: James 5:13 Author of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" in Worship and Rejoice Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness in 1855. Following this calamity Scriven seldom had a regular income, and he was forced to live in the homes of others. He also experienced mistrust from neighbors who did not appreciate his eccentricities or his work with the underprivileged. A member of the Plymouth Brethren, he tried to live according to the Sermon on the Mount as literally as possible, giving and sharing all he had and often doing menial tasks for the poor and physically disabled. Because Scriven suffered from depression, no one knew if his death by drowning in Rice Lake was suicide or an accident. Bert Polman ================ Scriven, Joseph. Mr. Sankey, in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 279, says that Scriven was b. in Dublin in 1820, was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and went to Canada when he was 25, and died there at Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, in 1886. His hymn:— What a Friend we have in Jesus. [Jesus our Friend] was, according to Mr. Sankey, discovered to be his in the following manner: "A neighbour, sitting up with him in his illness, happened upon a manuscript of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus.' Reading it with great delight, and questioning Mr. Scriven about it, he said he had composed it for his mother, to comfort her in a time of special sorrow, not intending any one else should see it." We find the hymn in H. 1... Hastings's Social Hymns, Original and Selected, 1865, No. 242; and his Song of Pilgrimage, 1886, No. 1291, where it is attributed to "Joseph Scriven, cir. 1855." It is found in many modern collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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