{"id":1015,"date":"2020-07-14T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccsatx.com\/hymns\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2021-04-09T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:42:11","slug":"jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccsatx.com\/hymns\/jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners"},"content":{"rendered":"<style class=\"player-custom-style\">body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .player-but .the-icon-bg, body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .playbtn .the-icon-bg , body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .pausebtn .the-icon-bg, body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a).skin-wave .ap-controls .scrubbar .scrubBox-hover { background-color: #3274c0;   border-color: #3274c0;   } body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-artist { color: #3274c0; opacity:0.7;} body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .volume_active { background-color: #3274c0;} body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname, body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname>a, body .audioplayer.playerid-12495641:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname object>a { color: #3274c0; }<\/style><div class=\"audioplayer-tobe playerid-12495641 ap_idx_1015_1 is-single-player apconfig-default-settings-for-zoomsounds button-aspect-noir  skin-wave  12495641\"  style=\" opacity: 0;  width: 100%;\" data-sample_time_total=\"277\" id=\"ap12495641\" data-playerid=\"12495641\" data-sanitized_source=\"httpsa377806649c3f0197e29e6708de219dc1beb62fafe8704087608sslcf2rackcdncom202007JesusWhataFriendforSinners11mp3\" data-pcm='[0.275,0.264,0.033,0.407,0.658,0.052,0.117,0.119,0.524,0.4,0.784,0.239,0.616,0.178,0.341,0.01,0.717,0.29,0.071,0.086,0.928,0.124,0.105,0.836,0.154,0.205,0.755,0.481,0.495,0.515,0.22,0.125,0.84,0.881,0.522,0.466,0.851,0.381,0.061,0.456,0.569,0.385,0.969,0.978,0.12,0.036,0.768,0.896,0.778,0.898,0.309,0.214,0.902,0.379,0.062,0.822,0.619,0.566,0.984,0.585,0.861,0.92,0.583,0.288,0.465,0.363,0.115,0.686,0.178,0.272,0.984,0.013,0.106,0.191,0.372,0.462,0.041,0.277,0.197,0.887,0.313,0.594,0.716,0.838,0.049,0.27,0.172,0.089,0.816,0.421,0.318,0.787,0.792,0.266,0.892,0.282,0.507,0.558,0.837,0.46,0.299,0.438,0.379,0.591,0.006,0.176,0.056,0.669,0.317,0.568,0.362,0.855,0.361,0.626,0.216,0.323,0.002,0.592,0.12,0.214,0.006,0.577,0.489,0.96,0.754,0.303,0.357,0.228,0.552,0.718,0.954,0.528,0.944,0.358,0.162,0.14,0.559,0.191,0.6,0.765,0.614,0.139,0.984,0.955,0.331,0.223,0.905,0.377,0.904,0.619,0.384,0.481,0.894,0.188,0.982,0.905,0.213,0.585,0.245,0.256,0.903,0.941,0.144,0.508,0.773,0.228,0.31,0.492,0.69,0.604,0.509,0.542,0.394,0.324,0.066,0.938,0.396,0.365,0.482,0.194,0.178,0.314,0.768,0.655,0.965,0.414,0.042,0.191,0.316,0.474,0.09,0.321,0.56,0.636,0.29,0.931,0.718,0.824,0.889,0.28]' data-type=\"audio\" data-source=\"https:\/\/a377806649c3f0197e29-e6708de219dc1beb62fafe8704087608.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/2020\/07\/Jesus-What-a-Friend-for-Sinners-1-1.mp3\" data-playfrom=\"off\"><div class=\"extra-html\" data-playerid=\"12495641\" style=\"opacity:0;\"><div class=\"extra-html--left \"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/a377806649c3f0197e29-e6708de219dc1beb62fafe8704087608.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/2020\/07\/Jesus-What-a-Friend-for-Sinners-1-1.mp3\" download class=\"btn-zoomsounds btn-zoomsounds-download\"><span class=\"the-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-get-pocket\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"the-label\">Download<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end .extra-html--left--><div class=\"dzsap-counter counter-hits\"><i class=\"fa fa-play\"><\/i><span class=\"the-number\">946<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery(document).ready(function ($){var settings_ap12495641 = {  design_skin: \"skin-wave\"  ,autoplay: \"off\",design_skin:\"skin-wave\",disable_scrubbar:\"off\",skinwave_enablereflect:\"on\",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_normalize:\"\",design_wave_color_progress:\"1e9df1\",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_number:\"3\",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_waves_padding:\"1\",skinwave_wave_mode_canvas_reflection_size:\"0.25\",action_video_contor_60secs : window.dzsap_wp_send_contor_60_secs  ,loop:\"off\"  ,cue: \"on\"  ,embedded: \"off\"  ,preload_method:\"metadata\" ,design_animateplaypause:\"off\"  ,\"action_received_time_total\":window.dzsap_send_total_time,settings_php_handler:window.ajaxurl,skinwave_wave_mode:\"canvas\",skinwave_comments_playerid:\"12495641\"}; try{ dzsap_init(\".ap_idx_1015_1\",settings_ap12495641); }catch(err){ console.warn(\"cannot init player\", err); } });<\/script>\n<p>J. Wilbur Chapman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 1<\/strong><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><strong>Chorus<\/strong><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><strong>Verse 2<\/strong><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><strong>Chorus<\/strong><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><strong>Verse 3<\/strong><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><strong>Chorus<\/strong><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><strong>Verse 4<\/strong><br \/>\nJesus! What a Guide and Keeper!<br \/>\nWhile the tempest still is high,<br \/>\nStorms about me, night overtakes me,<br \/>\nHe, my Pilot, hears my cry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><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><strong>Verse 5<\/strong><br \/>\nJesus! 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<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><br \/>\nHallelujah! What a Savior!<br \/>\nHallelujah! 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