Penned as a poem to comfort his mother from across an ocean, Joseph Scriven drew from his own life experiences when he wrote the words "What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear . . ." Through much personal tragedy, he testified of the healing power of taking everything to his Lord in prayer.
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