¡Oh, qué amigo nos es Cristo!

Representative Text

1 ¡Oh qué amigo nos es Cristo!
él llevó nuestro dolor;
Él nos manda que llevemos
todo a Dios en oración.
¿Vive el hombre desprovisto
de paz, gozo y santo amor?
Esto es porque no llevamos
todo a Dios en oración.

2 ¿Andes débil y cargado
de cuidados y temor?
A Jesús, refugio eterno,
dile todo en oración.
¿Te desprecian tus amigos?
cuéntaselo en oración;
En sus brazos gozo tierno,
paz tendrá tu corazón.

3 Jesucristo es nuestro Amigo:
de esto prueba nos mostró,
Pues a redimirnos vino;
por nosotros se humanó.
El castigo de su pueblo
en su muerte él sufrió;
Cristo es un Amigo eterno;
sólo en él confío yo.


Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #482

Translator: Leandro Garza Mora

Born: August 10, 1854, Rancho del Rosario, Hidalgo County, Texas. Died: December 19, 1938, Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico. Buried: Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico. Garza Mora’s father died when he was five years old. He came to Christ around age 20, under the influence of Dr. Tomas Graybill. At the time, he was working as a bartender in Matamoros, Mexico. He eventually started theological studies and served as a Presbyterian minister for seven decades. © The Cyber Hymmal™ (hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

Author: Joseph Medlicott Scriven

Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be di… Go to person page >

Tune

CONVERSE (Converse)

CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship." –Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship

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Instances

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Celebremos Su Gloria #482

El Himnario Bautista de la Gracia #418

Himnos de Vida y Luz #52

Cáliz de Bendiciones #257

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El Himnario #349

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El Himnario Presbiteriano #349

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Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día #378

Himnos de la Iglesia #371

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Mil Voces para Celebrar #257

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The Cyber Hymnal #13808

Fiesta Jubilosa #61

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