{"id":9109,"date":"2025-12-14T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-499-what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:34","slug":"hymn-499-what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-499-what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 499 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 499 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nWhat a friend we have in Jesus,<br \/>\nAll our sins and griefs to bear!<br \/>\nWhat a privilege to carry<br \/>\nEverything to God in prayer!<br \/>\nOh, what peace we often forfeit;<br \/>\nOh, what needless pain we bear<br \/>\nAll because we do not carry<br \/>\nEverything to God in prayer!<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nHave we trials and temptations?<br \/>\nIs there trouble anywhere?<br \/>\nWe should never be discouraged<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<br \/>\nCan we find a friend so faithful<br \/>\nWho will all our sorrows share?<br \/>\nJesus knows our every weakness<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nAre we weak and heavy laden,<br \/>\nCumbered with a load of care?<br \/>\nPrecious Savior, still our refuge<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<br \/>\nDo thy friends despise, forsake thee?<br \/>\nTake it to the Lord in prayer.<br \/>\nIn His arms He&#8217;ll take and shield thee;<br \/>\nThou will find a solace there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 499 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Lyrics &nbsp; 1 What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit; Oh, what needless pain we bear All [&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-9109","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\/9109","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=9109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}