I’ve Found a Friend

Hymn lyrics by James G. Small,
Music by George C. Stebbins

Verse 1

• I’ve found a Friend, O 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.

Verse 2

• I’ve found a Friend, O 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.

Verse 3

• I’ve found a Friend, O 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.

Verse 4

• I’ve found a Friend, O 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.