What a Friend we have in Jesus

Lord thank you for being our friend. We know You can never disappoint us. Let us continue to keep our gaze on You. We look up to you in our difficult situation, and you will not abandon us. Thank you Jesus.

I've been deaf since 1975, at age 19. I can still hear in this sung, with instrumentation, my mind.

Mustve listened to it 'on the ray-dee-oh' in study hall ..... one of my favorites

Christ is indeed a friend

Love this song so much Praise You Lord Jesus💕

Great

Praise God

The word for the Lord to be praised

Thanks to God

Really in love with all the stanzas

it really inspired me I love this more

There is a 4th stanza, usually omitted:

Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised
Thou wilt all our burdens bear
May we ever, Lord, be bringing
All to Thee in earnest prayer
Soon in glory bright, unclouded
There will be no need for prayer
Rapture, praise, and endless worship
Will be our sweet portion there
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The reason this 4th stanza is usually omitted is because line 6 says that in the next age there will be no need for prayer. That is not accurate. We will be working for and with the Lord in the next age, and we will need to pray for guidance, and to fellowship with the Lord. Scriven's thought is that we need to experience the prayer of bringing our problems to the Lord now because in the next age we will not have that kind of prayer anymore. That is precious. I would change line 6 of stanza 4 to "There will be no suff'ring prayer."