Sunday 14 June 2015

♫ "Can we find a friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share?" - Joseph Scriven

Music is powerful and meaningful when it originates from the heart, and touches the hearts of others. 
So is true friendship.

Here is the true story behind the hymn What a friend we have in Jesus



"What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer! ...

... Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge,
Take it to the Lord in prayer"

- Joseph Scriven

Love Mahalia Jackson's rendition of this hymn



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