{"id":93402,"date":"2020-04-21T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=93402"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:22:36","slug":"what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/serena-omeara\/what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Notes from the arranger<\/h3>\n<p>Eventually to become one of the most popular hymns of all times, the poem \u201cWhat A Friend We Have in Jesus\u201d was written by Joseph Scriven in 1855. He sent it from Canada to his Mother in Ireland. In 1868 Charles Converse, an American attorney and composer of hymns, came across Scriven\u2019s poem and set the words to music, publishing it in a hymnal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-93402-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/woocommerce_uploads\/2020\/04\/What-a-Friend-We-Have-in-Jesus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/woocommerce_uploads\/2020\/04\/What-a-Friend-We-Have-in-Jesus.mp3\">https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/woocommerce_uploads\/2020\/04\/What-a-Friend-We-Have-in-Jesus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Serena O&#8217;Meara&#8217;s arrangement of Charles Converse&#8217;s famous hymn, &#8220;What a Friend We Have in Jesus,&#8221; is for two lever or pedal harps. The melody is shared equally between parts of equal difficulty, and only Harp 2 has lever changes (a single F# in each verse). Scroll down for notes from the arranger.<\/p>\n<p>This piece is available as a PDF download in the following combinations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete Set: <strong>$11.00<\/strong><br \/>\n(Includes score and parts in one file.)<\/li>\n<li>Harp 1 only: <strong>$6.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Harp 2 only: <strong>$6.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Length:<\/em> score and parts file is 12 pgs.; parts are 4 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration:<\/em> 3:33<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":139215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1515],"product_tag":[482],"class_list":["post-93402","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-serena-omeara","product_tag-harp-ensemble","pa_artist-omeara-serena","pa_combinations-complete-set","pa_combinations-harp-1","pa_combinations-harp-2","pa_composer-converse-charles","pa_genre-sacred","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-2-harps","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-north-american","pa_occasion-church","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/93402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=93402"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=93402"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=93402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}