230. I've Found a Friend, Oh, Such a Friend

8.7.8.7.D.
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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 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, 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 can sever?
 
Shall life or death, or earth or hell?
 
No; I am His forever!
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