{"id":8797,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-187-jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","slug":"hymn-187-jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-187-jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 187 JESUS, WHAT A FRIEND FOR SINNERS Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 187 JESUS, WHAT A FRIEND FOR SINNERS Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nJesus! what a Friend for sinners!<br \/>\nJesus! Lover of my soul;<br \/>\nFriends may fail me, foes assail me,<br \/>\nHe, my Savior, makes me whole.<\/p>\n<p>Refrain<br \/>\nHallelujah! what a Savior!<br \/>\nHallelujah! what a Friend!<br \/>\nSaving, helping, keeping, loving,<br \/>\nHe is with me to the end.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nJesus! what a Strength in weakness!<br \/>\nLet me hide myself in Him.<br \/>\nTempted, tried, and sometimes failing,<br \/>\nHe, my Strength, my victory wins.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nJesus! what a Help in sorrow!<br \/>\nWhile the billows over me roll,<br \/>\nEven when my heart is breaking,<br \/>\nHe, my Comfort, helps my soul.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nJesus! I do now receive Him,<br \/>\n[or Jesus! I do now adore Him]<br \/>\nMore than all in Him I find.<br \/>\nHe hath granted me forgiveness,<br \/>\nI am His, and He is mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 187 JESUS, WHAT A FRIEND FOR SINNERS Lyrics &nbsp; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}