The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration ‎#89

89. 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 vict'ry 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'ertakes 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
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: Christ: Friend; Jesus Our Savior : His Adoration and Praise; Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: HYFRYDOL
• Composer (descant and choral ending): Tom Fettke
• Arranger: Robert Harkness
• Composer: Rowland H. Prichard
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Descant and choral ending © 1986 WORD MUSIC (a div. of WORD, INC,)