Author: R. M. McKinney Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: There’s a friend in every sorrow Refrain First Line: Jesus, Jesus, A friend that is faithful and true Lyrics: ... ; He who walking on the water, E’en on Galilee’s dark wave, At ... life the widow’s boy; Praying on the lonely mountain, More than this ... to buy my ransom, Dying on the cursèd tree. [Refrain] ... the rolling billows, Jordan’s river, swelling high, Who will crown us ... Used With Tune: [There’s a friend in every sorrow] Text Sources: Gospel Echoes by Robert G. Staples (Oskaloosa, IA: Central Book Concern, 1877)
There's A Friend