Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#166

166. Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

1. Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me,
He, my Savior, makes me whole.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah! what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with me to the end.

2. Jesus! what a Strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
He, my strength, my vict'ry wins. [Refrain]

3. Jesus! what a Help in sorrow!
While the billows o'er me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking,
He, my Comfort, helps my soul. [Refrain]

4. Jesus! what a Guide and Keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
Storms about me, night o'ertakes me,
He, my Pilot, hears my cry. [Refrain]

5. Jesus! I do now receive him,
More than all in him I find,
He hath granted me forgiveness,
I am his, and he is mine. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, what a friend for sinners
• Title: Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners
• Author: J. Wilbur Chapman (1910)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  John 15:13
• Topic: Resurrection
• Notes: Text by Presbyterian evangelist J. Wilbur Chapman, from Alexander’s Gospel Songs No. 2 (1910).

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer: Rowland Prichard (1830)
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Incipit: 12123 43212
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune HYFRYDOL by Rowland Prichard, ca. 1830, first published in Cyfaill i’r Cantorion (1844), arr. by Ralph Vaughan Williams for The English Hymnal (1906).