The Celebration Hymnal ‎#17

17. Our Great Savior

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 victory 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'er takes 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]

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus! What a Friend for sinners!
• Title: Our Great Savior
• Author: J. Wilbur Chapman
• Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! what a Savior!
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Titus 2:13-14
• Topic: Praise the Lord; Adoration and Praise: Jesus Our Savior
• Notes: Optional choral ending

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer: Rowland H. Prichard
• Arranger: Robert Harkness
• Arranger (choral ending): Ken Barker
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Arr. ⓒ 1997 by Integrity's Hosanna! Music and Word Music (a div. of WORD MUSIC)
• Notes: A lower setting may be found at No. 309.