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What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,712 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 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!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
oh, 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 will find a solace there.
Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Temptation & Trial; Songs for Children Hymns; Walk with God; Afflictions; Assurance; Brevity & Frailty of Life; Prayer; Promises; Walk with God Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Love Divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,872 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Topics: The Christian Life Holiness and Aspiration Used With Tune: FALFIELD
Love Divine, all loves excelling
Pray without ceasing
Appears in 285 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 First Line: Pray'r was appointed to convey Lyrics: 1 Pray'r was appointed to convey
The Blessings God designs to give,
Long as they live should Christians pray;
For only while they pray they live.
2 The Christian's Heart his Pray'r indites,
He speaks as prompted from within,
The Spirit his Petitions writes;
And Christ receives, and gives it in.
3 And wilt thou in dead Silence lie,
When Christ stands waiting for thy Pray'r?
My Soul thou hast a Friend on High;
Arise and try thy Int'rest there.
4 If Pains afflict, or Wrongs oppress;
If Cares distract, if Fears dismay;
If Guilt deject, if Sin distress;
Thy Remedy's before Thee, pray.
5 'Tis pray'r Supports the Soul that's weak;
Tho' Thought be broken, Language lame,
Pray; if thou can'st, or can'st not speak;
But pray with Faith in Jesu's Name.
6 Depend on him; thou can'st not fail,
Make all thy Wants and Wishes known;
Fear not; his Merits must prevail;
Ask what thou wilt, it shall be done. Topics: Before Sermon
Pray without ceasing
BEACH SPRING
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 219 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. Royce Eckhardt Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11213 32161 16561 Used With Text: What a Friend We Have in Jesus
BEACH SPRING
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Appears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Woodall Naylor (1867-1934) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 15512 31143 21327 Used With Text: Soldiers of Christ, arise
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Christian Duties
Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #809 (1985) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5 First Line: Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, Topics: Scripture Readings
Christian Duties
Preparation for Christ's Coming
Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #816 (1985) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5 First Line: ou know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Topics: Scripture Readings
Preparation for Christ's Coming
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #330 (2011) Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Topics: The Incarnate Christ: Christmas; Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Languages: English Tune Title: ANTIOCH (COMFORT (Mason))
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Charles Wesley
1707 - 1788 Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Author of "Love Divine, all loves excelling" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists."
In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley.
As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream.
It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works.
The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century.
-- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
Charles Wesley
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
1819 - 1886 Person Name: Joseph M. Scriven Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Author of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) 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
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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)
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
Charles C. Converse
1832 - 1918 Person Name: Charles Crozat Converse Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Composer of "CONVERSE" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons
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Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”.
John Perry
Charles C. Converse
