Text: | I've Found a Friend |
Author: | James G. Small, 1817-1888 |
Tune: | [I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!] |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins, 1846-1945 |
1 I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him.
And round my heart still closely twine
Those ties which naught can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine,
Forever and forever.
2 I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own Self He gave me.
Naught that I have mine own I call,
I’ll hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, my life, my all
Are His, and His forever.
3 I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
All power to Him is given,
To guard me on my onward course,
And bring me safe to heaven.
Th'eternal glories gleam afar,
To nerve my faint endeavor;
So now to watch, to work, to war;
And then to rest forever.
4 I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!
So kind, and true, and tender,
So wise a Counsellor and Guide,
So mighty a Defender!
From Him who loves me now so well
What power my soul shall sever?
Shall life or death, or earth or hell?
No; I am His forever.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend! |
Title: | I've Found a Friend |
Author: | James G. Small, 1817-1888 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Christ: Friend; The Christian Way of Life: Praise and Testimony |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [I've found a Friend, oh, such a Friend!] |
Composer: | George C. Stebbins, 1846-1945 |
Key: | A Major |