I've Found a Friend

Music by George C. Stebbins, words by James G. Small

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.

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.

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.
The eternal glories gleam afar
To nerve my faint endeavor;
So now to watch, to work, to war;
And then to rest forever.

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 power my soul shall sever?
Shall life or death or earth or hell?
No; I am His forever.