All Believer Hymn Book
Hymn 231 I’VE FOUND A FRIEND O SUCH Lyrics
1. I’ve found a friend, O such a friend!
Christ 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 Christ is mine,
Forever and forever.
2. I’ve found a friend, O such 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 my own I call,
I hold it for the giver,
My heart, my strength, my life, my all
Are His, and His forever.
3. I’ve found a friend, O such 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 endeavour,
So now to watch, to work, to war,
And them to rest forever.
4. I’ve found a friend, O such friend!
So kind and true and tender,
So wise a counselor and guide,
So mighty a defender!
From Him who loves me now so
Well what power my soul can sever?
Shall life or death or earth or hell?
No; I am His forever.