Have you heard the news pro­claimed,
How the wan­der­ers are re­claimed,
And the blind, and halt, and maimed,
Have a friend in Je­sus?

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A friend in need, a friend in­deed,
Have you this friend in Je­sus?

Have you heard the tid­ings go,
Into homes of want and woe,
There to let poor sin­ners know
What a friend in Je­sus?

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In the sick-ward by the cot,
When the throb­bing brow is hot,
Creature helps avail­ing not,
Oh, how sweet is Je­sus!

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Have you in the pri­son cell,
Heard those sweet­est notes which tell
For con­demned ones, all is well,
When they trust in Je­sus?

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Let your voic­es thus pro­claim,
In the haunts of sin and shame,
Free for­giv­eness in His name,
Precious name of Je­sus.

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