The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10279

10279. Have You Heard?

1 Have you heard the news proclaimed,
How the wanderers are reclaimed,
And the blind, and halt, and maimed,
Have a friend in Jesus?

Refrain:
A friend in need, a friend indeed,
Have you this friend in Jesus?

2 Have you heard the tidings go,
Into homes of want and woe,
There to let poor sinners know
What a friend in Jesus? [Refrain]

3 In the sick-ward by the cot,
When the throbbing brow is hot,
Creature helps availing not,
Oh, how sweet is Jesus! [Refrain]

4 Have you in the prison cell,
Heard those sweetest notes which tell
For condemned ones, all is well,
When they trust in Jesus? [Refrain]

5 Let your voices thus proclaim,
In the haunts of sin and shame,
Free forgiveness in His name,
Precious name of Jesus. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Have you heard the news proclaimed
• Title: Have You Heard?
• Author: Samuel Alman
• Refrain First Line: A friend in need, a friend indeed
• Language: English
• Source: The Gospel of Joy by Samuel Alman and Samuel H. Speck (Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Have you heard the news proclaimed]
• Composer: Samuel Alman
• Key: a minor
• Copyright: Public Domain