Joseph Scriven was
in love with a beautiful girl. Plans were made for their marriage. Before their wedding
day, the girl was drowned. Despair settled over Scriven's spirit.
Joseph Scriven was
in love with a beautiful girl. Plans were made for their marriage. Before their wedding
day, the girl was drowned. Despair settled over Scriven's spirit.
After many months of intense soul struggle, he found solace in the friendship of Christ. Out of a heart overflowing with heavenly comfort he wrote a hymn that has brought consolation to millions of crossbearers: "What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear."
Jesus said: "I have called you friends." Truly, He is the dearest, the best, the most treasured Friend we have ever had. No one loves us as much as He does. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." That's what He did for us. He died for us, and now He lives for us. To our hearts He whispers, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." This great and wonderful Friend told us, "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." Again: "He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me."