I've Found A Friend In Jesus
- Words:
- James Gridley Small
- Music:
- George C. Stebbins
Sheet music
- 1I’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 twineThose ties which naught can sever,For I am His, and He is mine,Forever and forever.
- 2I’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;For I am His, and He is mine,Forever and forever.
- 3I’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?For I am His, and He is mine,Forever and forever.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1866, the words are in 436 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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