One of the many things i really thank God for providing through my parents, is the opportunity to learn to play the piano. In times of joy, distress, sorrow or anger…playing the piano (especially beautiful old hymns) never fail to take my mind off what’s bothering me, at least for as long as my fingers are on the keys. Playing through the hymnal, i came across this and while it comforted me, i also thought of a friend and hope this comforts him! (:
Jesus! What a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Saviour, makes me whole.
Chorus:
Hallelujah! What a Saviour! Hallelujah! What a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.
Jesus! What a Strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him;
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my Strength, my vict’ry wins.
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.
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.
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.
(Text: J. Wilbur Chapman/ Music: Rowland Prichard, arr. Robert Harkness)
