Hymns to the Living God ‎#233

233. 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.
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.
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah! what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with me to the end.

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

4 Jesus! what a Guide and Keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
storms about me, night o'er takes me,
He, my Pilot, hears my cry.
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah! what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
He is with me to the end.

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

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: 2017
• Topic: Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer: Rowland H. Prichard (c. 1830)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Higher key: no. 180