1. Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

This prelude is an arrangement for as a violin and piano duet. It introduces some of the thematic material found in "Days of Ministry." 

Inspirational text:

Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!

Jesus! Love 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 is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a Strength in weakness!

Let me hide myself in him;

Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,

He, my strength, my vict'ry wins.

Jesus! what a Help in sorrow!

While the billows o'er me roll,

Even when my heart is breaking,

He, my Comfort, helps my soul.

Jesus! what a Guide and Keeper!

While the tempest still is high,

Storms about me, night o'ertakes me,

He, my Pilot, hears my cry.

Jesus! I do now receive him,

More than all in him I find,

He hath granted me forgiveness,

I am his, and he is mine.

—J Wilbur Chapman (1910)