{"id":8796,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-186-ive-found-a-friend-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:51","slug":"hymn-186-ive-found-a-friend-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-186-ive-found-a-friend-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 186 I&#8217;VE FOUND A FRIEND Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 186 I&#8217;VE FOUND A FRIEND Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!<br \/>\nHe loved me ere I knew Him;<br \/>\nHe drew me with the cords of love,<br \/>\nAnd thus He bound me to Him.<br \/>\nAnd &#8217;round my heart still closely twine<br \/>\nThose ties which nought can sever,<br \/>\nFor I am His, and He is mine,<br \/>\nForever and forever.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!<br \/>\nHe bled, He died to save me;<br \/>\nAnd not alone the gift of life,<br \/>\nBut His own self He gave me.<br \/>\nNought that I have my own I call,<br \/>\nI hold it for the Giver;<br \/>\nMy heart, my strength, my life my all,<br \/>\nAre His, and His forever.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!<br \/>\nAll power to Him is given;<br \/>\nTo guard me on my upward course,<br \/>\nAnd bring me safe to heaven.<br \/>\nThe eternal glories gleam afar,<br \/>\nTo nerve my faint endeavor;<br \/>\nSo now to watch, to work, to war,<br \/>\nAnd then to rest forever.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!<br \/>\nSo kind, and true, and tender,<br \/>\nSo wise a counselor and guide,<br \/>\nSo mighty a defender.<br \/>\nFrom Him, who loveth me so well,<br \/>\nWhat power my soul can sever?<br \/>\nShall life or death, or earth, or hell?<br \/>\nNo; I am His forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 186 I&#8217;VE FOUND A FRIEND Lyrics &nbsp; 1 I&#8217;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 &#8217;round my heart still closely twine Those ties which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}