Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners

244 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners

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. [Refrain]

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. [Refrain]

4 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. [Refrain]

5 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. [Refrain]
                         J. Wilbur Chapman
                         Hymns for the Family of God