Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam the song in 1992 on the compilation albums "" and "All the Stuff and More". On "All the Stuff and More", the title was changed to "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam". Two more versions of this song were released on Nirvana's 2004 box set "With the Lights Out". This included an acoustic version recorded in Europe in 1994, along with a live electric performance on the DVD section of the box-set. Another version was released on 2011 as a bonus track on the 20th anniversary edition of "Nevermind". On the version contained on the MTV Unplugged in New
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,