Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: There is no friend like Jesus
Topic: Christ/Friend
Writer: E Rexford
Composer: J Murray
Meter: 7s and 6s double with chorus
Tune: There is no Friend Like Jesus
Hymn Number: 615
Page Number: 234, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThere is no friend like Jesus,
When sorrows flood the breast;
He was "a man of sorrows,"
And had no place to rest,
But when our sorrows vex us,
He gives us sym-pa-thy,
And, leaning on his bo-som,
He comforts you and me.
CHO.-O there's no friend like Jesus,
Tho' dear are all the rest;
There is no friend like Jesus,
The dearest and the best.
There is no friend like Jesus;
Though earthly friends are true,
They can not travel with us
Our earthly journey through;
But Jesus ne'er will leave us,
He holds us by the hand,
And guides us in the pathway,
Toward the better land.-CHO.
There is no friend like Jesus;
In happiness and pain,
In sorrow and in sunshine,
Our friend he will remain.
To him we turn for comfort,
To him we look for rest;
And we find them on his bosom-
On Jesus' loving breast.-CHO.