I've Found a Friend

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 nought can sever,
For I am His, and He is mine, Forever and forever.

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.
Nought that I have mine own I call, I hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, my life, my all, Are His, and His forever.

I’ve found a Friend; O 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 endeavour;
So now to watch, to work, to war, And then to rest forever

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

James G. Small, 1863

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Happy Birthday Ruth

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I See the Crowd in Pilate's Hall

I see the crowd in Pilate's hall,
Their furious cries I hear;
Their shouts of "Crucify!" appall,
Their curses fill mine ear.
And of that shouting multitude
I feel that I am one,
And in that din of voices rude
I recognize my own.

I see the scourgers rend the flesh
Of God's beloved Son;
And as they smite I feel afresh
That I of them am one.
Around the Cross the throng I see
That mock the Sufferer's groan,
Yet still my voice it seems to be,
As if I mocked alone.

'Twas I that shed that sacred Blood,
I nailed him to the Tree,
I crucified the Christ of God,
I joined the mockery.
Yet not the less that Blood avails
To cleanse me from sin,
And not the less that Cross prevails
To give me peace within.

Horatius Bonar, 1856