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[When the path you tread is fraught with woe]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry P. Morton Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 34565 16155 67123

Author: Alfred Barratt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When the path you tread is fraught with woe Lyrics: 1 When the path you tread is fraught with woe, And your heart is sad where’er you go, When the darksome clouds are hanging low, Let Jesus be your friend. Refrain: Let Jesus be your friend, Let Jesus be your friend; When your heart is sad He can make you glad, Let Jesus be your friend. 2 In the dreary ways of grief and sin, When your heart is sore and dark within, If you now desire His grace to win, Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] 3 In the gloomy days of toil and strife, Wheresoever Satan’s snares are rife, When ’tis hard to bear the cares of life, Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] 4 He can bring you out of sorrow’s night Into joy and everlasting light; He alone can lead your steps aright; Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [When the path you tread is fraught with woe] Text Sources: Harvest Hymns by Robert H. Coleman (Dallas: Robert H. Coleman)

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Let Jesus Be Your Friend

Author: Alfred Barratt Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14343 First Line: When the path you tread is fraught with woe Lyrics: 1 When the path you tread is fraught with woe, And your heart is sad where’er you go, When the darksome clouds are hanging low, Let Jesus be your friend. Refrain: Let Jesus be your friend, Let Jesus be your friend; When your heart is sad He can make you glad, Let Jesus be your friend. 2 In the dreary ways of grief and sin, When your heart is sore and dark within, If you now desire His grace to win, Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] 3 In the gloomy days of toil and strife, Wheresoever Satan’s snares are rife, When ’tis hard to bear the cares of life, Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] 4 He can bring you out of sorrow’s night Into joy and everlasting light; He alone can lead your steps aright; Let Jesus be your friend. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [When the path you tread is fraught with woe]

Let Jesus Be Your Friend

Author: Rev. Alfred Barratt Hymnal: Harvest Hymns #2 (1924) First Line: When the path you tread is fraught with woe Languages: English Tune Title: [When the path you tread is fraught with woe]

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Alfred Barratt

1879 - 1968 Author of "Let Jesus Be Your Friend" in The Cyber Hymnal Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,477 hymns. 80 percent of my sermons are published in books and magazines." --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives