Что за Друга мы имеем

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Что за Друга мы имеем? (Chto za Druga my imeyem?)

Author: Joseph Medlicott Scriven; Translator: Anonymous
Tune: CONVERSE (Converse)
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	WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

Representative Text

1 Что за Друга мы имеем?
Нас Он к жизни пробудил,
В Нем мы счастием владеем,
В Нем источник вечных сил.
Ах, как часто мы страдали,
Боль терпя напрасно там,
Где просить мы забывали,
Чтоб один помог Он нам.

2 Искушенье ль нас тревожит,
Жизнь печальна ли у кого,
Каждый пусть из нас возложит
Скорбь свою всю на Него.
Он один среди вселенной
Может свет средь тьмы пролить;
Лишь Христос один мгновенно
Может горе облегчить.

3 Изнываем мы под зноем
Этой жизни суетной;
Сердце лишь Ему откроем,
И Он даст душе покой.
Если нас друзья забыли,
Скажем Господу о том,
И Христос проявит в силе,
Что Он верный Друг во всем.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15354

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Author: Joseph Medlicott Scriven

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 di… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Что за Друга мы имеем? (Chto za Druga my imeyem?)
Title:	Что за Друга мы имеем
English Title:	What a friend we have in Jesus
Author:	Joseph Medlicott Scriven
Translator:	Anonymous
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Language:	Russian
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

CONVERSE (Converse)

CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship." –Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship

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