The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15798

15798. Is There A Friend In Earth Or Heav'n?

1 Is there a friend in earth or Heav’n,
Who can a mortal save?
Can make a leprous sinner clean,
Redeem a helpless slave?

2 Say, is there one who can appease
A sin-avenging God?
Can save a soul o’erwhelmed with guilt,
By wrath and terror awed?

3 Yes, there is One who dwells on high,
Who this can do and more;
Can save from sin and sin’s desert,
By His unbounded power.

4 Jesus Immanuel is His name,
Who suffered on the tree,
And bore the weight of all my sins,
And bled and died for me.

5 Lo, now He lives, He ever lives,
And pleads what He has done;
While God ten thousand crimes forgives,
Through His atoning Son.

6 Now to Thy cross, my Lord, I come,
And there would prostrate lie;
Be Thou propitious to my prayer,
Nor let a sinner die.

Text Information

• First Line: Is there a friend in earth or Heav’n
• Title: Is There A Friend In Earth Or Heav'n?
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BARRE by Edward Clark, BEATI IMMACULATI by Alexander R. Reinagle, BEATITUDO by John B. Dykes, BINGHAM by Anonymous

Tune Information

• Name: BELMONT
• Composer: William Gardiner (1812)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain