The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5022

5022. O Jesus, Friend Unfailing

1. O Jesus, friend unfailing,
How dear Thou art to me!
Are cares or fears assailing?
I find my strength in Thee.
Why should my feet grow weary
Of this my pilgrim way?
Rough tho’ the path and dreary,
It ends in perfect day.

2. Naught, naught I count as pleasure,
Compared, O Lord, with Thee;
Thy sorrow, without measure,
Earned peace and joy for me.
I love to own, Lord Jesus,
Thy claims o’er me divine;
Bought with Thy blood most precious,
Whose can I be but Thine?

3. O worldly pomp and glory,
Your charms are spread in vain!
I’ve heard a sweeter story,
I’ve found a truer gain.
Where Christ a place prepareth,
There is my loved abode;
There shall I gaze on Jesus:
There shall I dwell with God.

4. For every tribulation,
For every sore distress,
In Christ I’ve full salvation,
Sure help and quiet rest.
No fear of foes prevailing!
I triumph, Lord, in Thee:
O Jesus, friend unfailing,
How dear Thou art to me!

Text Information

• First Line: O Jesus, friend unfailing
• Title: O Jesus, Friend Unfailing
• German Title: O Jesu, Freund der Seelen
• Author: Samuel C. G. Küster (1829)
• Translator (from German): Hannah K. Burlingham
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Gesang Buch (Berlin: 1829), number 549; Translation in British Herald, July 1865, page 100
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tunes: MISSIONARY HYMN, Low­ell Ma­son, 1823; DAY OF REST, James W. El­li­ott, 1874

Tune Information

• Name: FRIEND UNFAILING
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (arr.)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 53333 42755 11113
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain