"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian #hymn originally written by preacher #JosephMScriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, and only received full credit for it in the 1880s. The tune to the hymn was composed by #CharlesCrozatConverse in 1868. The hymn also has many versions with different lyrics in multiple languages.
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