Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam York album, Kurt Cobain refers to the song as "a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we do it the Vaselines' way." Elvis Costello uses the line "Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam" in the song "Alibi" from his 2002 album "When I Was Cruel". On the deluxe edition of their 2014 Album "Bleach House", Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub released a cover of "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP
What a Friend We Have in Jesus What a Friend We Have in Jesus "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, and only received full credit for it in the 1880s. The tune to the hymn was composed by Charles Crozat Converse in 1868. William Bolcom composed a setting of the hymn. The hymn also has many versions with different lyrics in multiple languages. The "Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal" notes,