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T:What a Friend We Have in Jesus
C:Words Charles C. Converse, 1868, Lyrics Joseph M. Scriven, 1855
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=80
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w:1What a friend we have in Je-sus, All our sins and griefs to bear!
w:2Have we tri-als and temp-ta-tions? Is there trou-ble a-ny-where?
w:3Are we weak and hea-vy la-den, cum-bered with a load of care?
w:4Bless-ed Sav-ior, Thou hast prom-ised Thou wilt all our bur-dens bear.
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w:What a priv-i-lege to car-ry, Ev-'ry thing to God in prayer!
w:We should ne-ver be dis-cour-aged; take it to the Lord in prayer.
w:Pre-cious Sav-ior, still our re-fuge, take it to the Lord in prayer.
w:May we ev-er, Lord, be bring-ing all to Thee in earn-est prayer.
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w:O what peace we of-ten for-feit. O what need-less pain we bear.
w:Can we find a friend so faith-ful who will all our sor-rows share?
w:Do your friends des-pise, for-sake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
w:Soon in glo-ry bright un-cloud-ed there will be no need for prayer.
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w:All be-cause we do not car-ry
w:Je-sus knows our ev-ery weak-ness;
w:In His arms He'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.
w:Rap-ture, praise and end-less wor-ship
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w:ev-'ry-thing to God in prayer.
w:take it to the Lord in prayer.
w:you will find a so-lace there.
w:|||will be our sweet por-tion there.