Cântăre I've Found a Friend

1. I’ve found a Friend, oh, such a friend!

H e 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 pow’r 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 Counselor and Guide,

So mighty a Defender!

From Him who loves me now so well

What pow’r my soul can sever?

Shall life or death, shall earth or hell?

No! I am His forever.