09/07/2026
Story Behind What a Friend We Have in Jesus
By: Joseph Scriven
Joseph Scriven experienced heartache twice. First, his fiancee drowned after falling to a river from a startled horse. Second, weeks before getting married, his bride-to-be succumbed to pneumonia.
This song was initially a letter to comfort his sick mom. He says that it was him and God who wrote the lyrics of this song.
πΉThe song says:
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear;
What a privilege to carry,
Everything to God in prayer!
O what piece we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in Prayer.π