What A Friend We Have In Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear! ,
What a priv-i-lege to  car  - ry,
Ev - 'ry-thing to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we of-ten for  - feit;
Oh, what need-less pain we bear____
All  be-cause we do  not  car - ry
Ev - 'ry-thing to God  in prayer!

Have we tri-als and temp-ta  - tions?
Is there trou-ble an-y - where?
We should nev-er be dis-cour - aged____
Take  it  to the Lord in prayer!
Can  we find a friend so faith - ful
Who  will all our sor-rows share?
Je-sus knows our ev-'ry weak-ness____
Take it to the  Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heav-y lad - en,
Cum-bered with a load of   care?
Pre-cious Sav-ior, still our ref - uge,___
Take  it  to the Lord  in prayer.
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
You will find  a  sol-ace  there.

Words by Joseph Scriven [Circa 1820-26]
and Music by Charles C. Converse [Circa 1832-1918]