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Lyrics and Information

Our Great Savior - Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!

Words by J. Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), 1910
Tune: HYFRYDOL, by Rowland H. Prichard (1811-1887), 1830
Alternate tune: HOLY MANNA (Brethren, We Have Met to Worship)
Key signature: D major (2 sharp)
Time signature: 6/4
Meter: 8.7.8.7. with Refrain
Public Domain
Organ Performance at Hymns Without Words
Chords are available in the PDF and in small-print modes.
1. Jesus, what a Friend for sinners! Jesus, Lover of my soul; friends may fail me, foes assail me— he, my Savior, makes me whole.
Refrain: Hallelujah, what a Savior! Hallelujah, what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, he is with me to the end.
2. Jesus, what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him; tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my vict'ry wins.
3. 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.
4. Jesus, I do now receive him; More than all in Him I find; he has granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine.